difficulty
要点難しさ、困難なこと、困難な状況
意味
- 難しさ,困難
- 困難なこと,難事,障害
- 《通例複数形で》困難な状況,(特に)財政困難
- (…との)不和,仲たがい《+with(between)+名》
- 苦情,反対
例文
The old lady climbed the stairs with difficulty.
その老婦人はやっとの事で階段を上った。
I escaped from the sinking boat with difficulty.
私はやっとのことで沈んでいく船から脱出した。
We climbed up the mountain, but with difficulty.
我々はその山に登ったが、大変な苦労だった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English difficulte, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman difficulte and their etymon Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile and difficult. Equivalent to dis- + facile + -ty. Also analysable as difficult + -y, though the adjective is historically a backformation from the noun.