n. 难题；引起麻烦的人
adj. 成问题的；难处理的
英 ['prɒbləm] 美 ['prɑbləm]
权威例句
- The plan is good; the problem is it doesn't go far enough.
计划不错；问题在于不够深入。
来自柯林斯例句 - I pushed the problem aside; at present it was insoluble.
我把问题抛在一边，目前它还无法解决。
来自柯林斯例句 - The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
信写得很短——只是简单地说了一下他们的问题。
来自柯林斯例句 - Doctor believed that his low sperm count was the problem.
医生认为他的精子数太低是问题所在。
来自柯林斯例句 - You did us a great favour by disposing of that problem.
你解决了那个问题，可算是帮了我们一个大忙。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
problem 难题，问题
来自希腊语problema,难题，问题，来自proballein,扔在前面，提出难题，来自pro-,向前，-ball,扔，投掷，词源同ballistic,parable.
英文词源
problem
**problem: **[14] A _problem _is etymologically something ‘thrown forward’. The word comes via Old French _probleme _and Latin _problēma _from Greek próblēma, a derivative of _probállein _‘throw forward’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix pro- ‘forward’ and _bállein _‘throw’ (source of English ballistic, emblem, parable, etc). Things that are ‘thrown out’ project and can get in the way and hinder one, and so _próblēma _came to be used for an ‘obstacle’ or ‘problem’ – senses carried through into English problem.
=> ballistic, emblem, parable, symbol
problem (n.)
late 14c., "a difficult question proposed for solution," from Old French problème (14c.) and directly from Latin problema, from Greek problema "a task, that which is proposed, a question;" also "anything projecting, headland, promontory; fence, barrier;" also "a problem in geometry," literally "thing put forward," from proballein "propose," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + ballein "to throw" (see ballistics).
Meaning "a difficulty" is mid-15c. Mathematical sense is from 1560s in English. Problem child first recorded 1920. Phrase _______ problem in reference to a persistent and seemingly insoluble difficulty is attested at least from 1882, in Jewish problem. Response no problem "that is acceptable; that can be done without difficulty" is recorded from 1968.
