Edward Lawler at the University of Southern California says these companies may now have difficulty getting and keeping high-quality employees.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

At times he expresses his frustration with the difficulty of his task, and resentment that it's been assigned to him.

有时，他会表达自己对这项被指派的，任务的挫败和不满。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Another illustration of the difficulty of translating all values, in this case, a certain idea of virtue, into utilitarian terms.

这个例子再次说明,很难把所有的价值，此处特指某种德行，转换为功利主义形式。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

And that's probably the simplest of all of them." The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The difficulty of the poem lies to a great degree, I think, in something that Dr. Johnson had noted in his attack or in his criticism on Lycidas that I mentioned on Monday.

诗歌本身的难点很大程度上，在于约翰逊博士在他对利西达斯的,抨击中提到的一些点。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

She says people might have difficulty completing an activity if they cannot expect some kind of reward in return.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Hobbes may, I think, overestimate or maybe I really should say underestimate the difficulty of the book but he returns to this again at the very end of Leviathan.

我认为霍布斯高估了自己,或者准确地说是他低估了现实的困境,所以他在《利维坦》结尾部分,再次回到了这个问题上。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

These include trouble walking, weakness especially on one side of the body, difficulty seeing and difficulty speaking.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

That was the natural thing to do given the character of life, which was based upon farming, if you leave you lose your farm, and based upon the difficulty of transportation.

生活的意义就是定居一处,种田养家,离开了这片土地,就失去了食物的来源,另外,古时的交通非常落后

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Extended periods of stress have been linked to headaches, difficulty sleeping, stomach problems and skin disorders.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Well, Wright himself described that difficulty of writing his autobiography, and these are the terms he used: I found that to tell the truth is the hardest thing on earth, harder than fighting in a war, harder than taking part in a revolution.

莱特自己描述了,自传写作的艰辛，他如是说：,“我发现说真话是世界上最难的事，比参加战争难，比参加革命难，如果尝试写自传。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He returned to Oxford, walking with difficulty because of what he said was a "war wound."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

s very important but it's also pretty nearly impossible because the difficulty of the terrain, the people who are divided by this border do not recognize the border and the Afghanastan has never recognized it as an international border.

但其实也是几乎不可能的，It’,因为那里的地形很复杂，被这个边境线所分开的人们并不认可这个边境线,阿富汗人不认可这个边境线。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

That means their households, at some time during the year, had difficulty providing enough food for all members because of a lack of resources.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

So, I think we are capable of, with the kind of assistance of my staff capable of setting exams of comparable difficulty.

所以，我们可以，在教学人员的帮助下，我们可以,制定出难度相当的考题。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Also,victims of the disease have increasing difficulty learning and storing new information.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Well, what it is is easily enough explained despite the sort of difficulty and thorniness of the word.

虽然我们遇到过很多困难和挫折,但这个问题很容易解答。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Another sign of the disease is difficulty solving simple problems.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Parkinson's disease is a disease involving destruction of motor control and loss of motor control, difficulty moving.

帕金森症会损害运动控制,丧失对运动的控制,变得行动困难

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The different paths have different levels of difficulty.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

That's at least the kind of claim that fans of the body view often make in the face of this difficulty for the personality theory.

这是在人格理论面临困难时,肉体理论支持者提出的说法。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

She says they will have great difficulty coping with the increased burden of disease and other health problems.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Somehow, when I told you to invert the transformation, some of you had some difficulty.

我上次让你们逆推变换公式的时候,有的同学觉得很困难

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

"Not one of them ever showed me that it would be easy and free of difficulty or problems.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

That's when I have difficulty getting out of this downward, vicious cycle.

那时我将很难脱离这种下行，恶性的循环。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Many braved the cold to witness history, some seeking reassurance in a time of great difficulty.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Eliot was there, in that essay on the metaphysical poets that I'm quoting from, defending as necessary what is the primary characteristic, not only of his own poetry, but really of modern poetry generally, what is often called its difficulty.

艾略特在描写那些抽象派诗人的文章里,就是我引用的那篇，极力维护,诗人的首要特征，不仅是因为他自身的诗性，更因为维护现代诗歌的必要，这是非常困难的一件事。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Another difficulty for democratic South Korea's global image is that it is often overshadowed by North Korea, one of the most repressive governments in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The difficulty of this course consists in the fact that it teaches what you already know.

这门课程的难度，就在于,传授的都是你们已有的知识。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Not all of the novels aspire to or have as their purpose that kind of difficulty that sometimes English majors really want.

不是所有的小说都希望或者拥有,英语主修生想到的那种难度。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选