hard-pressed/ˌ· ˈ·◄/ adj 1 having a lot of problems and not much money or time 处于困境的; 遭受强大压力的: help for hard-pressed families 对困难家庭的帮助 2 sb will/would be hard-pressed to do sth used to say that it will or would be difficult for someone to do something 某人做某事会有困难: We'll be hard-pressed to finish on time. 我们按时完成会有困难。