Why would anyone make their work more difficult than it already is?

工作已经很难了，为什么有人会让自己的工作比现在更困难呢？

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It is a goal more difficult than excellence in arithmetic or soccer.

这个目标，比学好数学或踢好足球更难。

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Some people find this more difficult than others.

这件事有人觉得难，有人觉得不难。

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Although it is inevitably slower and more difficult than any of us would wish, we are mobilizing all resources as fast as we possibly can."

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Indeed, in addition to finding him very difficult you've probably said, "Why does he have to write like that?" In other words, "Yeah, okay. He's difficult, but isn't he making it more difficult than it needs to be?"

事实上，除了发现他难懂以外，你可能会说，“为什么他要这样写？“，换句话说，“是的，他的思想很难懂，但是他这样写不是让他的思想更难懂了吗？“

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which is way more difficult than the humanities classes that I'm taking,

这门课比我正在学习的人文类课程都要难。

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This overhaul has been more difficult than he had ever imagined, but the payoff may be at hand.

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Mark Zuckerberg, of course, made this way more difficult than it needs to be.

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Producing a workable gadget turned out to be far more difficult than he imagined.

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