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make it difficult for someone to do something
collocation
to cause problems so that someone does not find it easy to do something:
Arthritis in her fingers made it difficult for her to sew.
The loud music makes it difficult for some of us to hear the quieter dialogue properly.
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She weighs 150 kg, making it difficult for her to stand for long periods.
Witnesses reported that strong rip currents made it difficult for the four youths to swim back.
The leadership vacuum has made it difficult for government officials to communicate with the group.
Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.有很多因素使女性难以进入美国商界的上层。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
be a tall orderidiom
be asking for troubleidiom
be your own worst enemyidiom
bother someone with something
catch
dig
make heavy weather of somethingidiom
obduracy
open a can of worms
overburden
pitchfork someone into something
sand
shoot
subject someone/something to something
sucker punch
swamp
tall
throw sand in the gearsidiom
wrong-foot
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