Prove difficult 做事困難

今日短語

搭配 “prove difficult” 的意思是 “一件事做起來很困難”。在完成一項任務的過程中，當我們意識到事情比原本想像得要更加復雜、困難的時候，就可以使用 “something proves difficult” 這個表達。

在 “prove” 和 “difficult” 的中間也可以加表程度的修飾詞語，比如：something proves more difficult than… 某件事做起來要比…更難。

“Prove difficult” 的後面也可以加不定式結構，變成 “prove difficult to do something”，用來談論 “一件具體的事情實際做起來非常困難”。

例句

The business had offices in many different cities, so it proved difficult to coordinate all the teams and make sure they worked together.
這傢公司在很多城市都設有辦公室，所以事實證明要想協調各個團隊，確保所有人共同合作是很困難的。

I thought this report was going to be quick and easy to write but it’s proving to be more difficult than I thought.
我本以為能快速、輕松地寫完這份報告，但事實證明這比我預想的要難得多。

We think we’re extremely organised and ready to move house next week, but we’re sure there are still many things we haven’t anticipated. It will probably prove more difficult than we realise at the moment.
我們覺得自己非常有條理，一切就緒，準備下周搬傢。不過到時候肯定還會有很多預料之外的事情要做。事實可能會證明，搬傢比我們目前意識到的要困難得多。