搭配 “prove difficult” 的意思是 “一件事做起来很困难”。在完成一项任务的过程中，当我们意识到事情比原本想像得要更加复杂、困难的时候，就可以使用 “something proves difficult” 这个表达。

 

在 “prove” 和 “difficult” 的中间也可以加表程度的修饰词语，比如：something proves more difficult than… 某件事做起来要比…更难。

 

“Prove difficult” 的后面也可以加不定式结构，变成 “prove difficult to do something”，用来谈论 “一件具体的事情实际做起来非常困难”。

 

例句

The business had offices in many different cities, so it proved difficult to coordinate¹ all the teams and make sure they worked together.

这家公司在很多城市都设有办公室，所以事实证明要想协调各个团队，确保所有人共同合作是很困难的。

 

I thought this report was going to be quick and easy to write but it's proving to be more difficult than I thought.

我本以为能快速、轻松地写完这份报告，但事实证明这比我预想的要难得多。

 

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 anticipated². It will probably prove more difficult than we realise at the moment.

我们觉得自己非常有条理，一切就绪，准备下周搬家。不过到时候肯定还会有很多预料之外的事情要做。事实可能会证明，搬家比我们目前意识到的要困难得多。

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