tall order
美 
英
- n.難辦到的事；苛求
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)離譜的要求；難以完成的任務(wù)；苛刻的要求
英漢解釋
例句
That's a tall order for a short bit of copy, but it's a skill anyone writing or editing for the Web should try to master.
這個要求有些難度，但卻是每一個網(wǎng)站編輯應(yīng)該掌握的技能。
That's a tall order for a tower, but the collection of non-profits that comprise the Center, along with a strong community, feel up to it.
對高樓來說，這是難以滿足的要求，但是，包括該中心以及一個強大社區(qū)在內(nèi)的非營利性組織認為他們能夠做到。
That would be a tall order even for a freshly elected leader with a thumping majority and two terms in office.
即使對于一個以多數(shù)選票輔當(dāng)選的兩屆連任政府而言，這都是很高的要求。
It is a tall order to expect me to finish the job in two days. It will take a week at least.
期望我在兩天內(nèi)完成這個任務(wù)是件困難的事情。這至少得一個星期。
Achieving all that would be a tall order for a much more robustly integrated organisation, so it probably won't happen.
即使對于一個一體化程度高得多的組織而言，實現(xiàn)所有上述目標(biāo)也極其艱難，因此，這種情況不太可能出現(xiàn)。
I think your writers are pretty fantastic, but obviously reattaching someone's head is a bit of a tall order.
我覺得你們的編劇們都太棒了，但要把一個人的頭給弄回來顯然有點高要求了吧。
It was a tall order to ask him to be a partner in launching a new initiative of undefined duration when he was contemplating his own demise.
當(dāng)死神在向他招手的時候，要他合作發(fā)起一項曠日持久的新倡議，未免太苛刻了。
But finding buyers for that grab bag of assets is likely to be a very tall order.
但要為這些林林總總的資產(chǎn)找到買家可能是個艱巨的任務(wù)。
A bit of a tall order as it is late afternoon already, but I reckon we can make it.
阿序位一高，因為它是黃昏了，但我想我們可以做到。
All this sounds sensible. But establishing a new platform and ultimately becoming a firm that looks much like IBM is a tall order.
這樣的平臺技術(shù)聽上去很好，但構(gòu)建一項平臺并最終成為一家像IBM那樣的公司可不那么簡單。
It may be a tall order for some women to accept. But shorter females earn less than their loftier colleagues, a study claims.
對有些女性來說可能難以接受，但一項研究聲稱，個子較矮的女性比她們個子較高的女同事掙錢要少。
Given that this is a wretched literary genre in which almost every example is lamentable, to find the very worst is a tall order.
鑒于這是一個令人厭惡的文學(xué)類別，幾乎其中每個例子都令人不快，因此，要找到最糟糕的那個，可是一項艱巨的任務(wù)。
It's a tall order, and at the moment Vietnam is seen as a production base for lower value-added goods like textiles, furniture or footwear.
他的這一想法未免太過苛求。當(dāng)前，越南主要被視為低附加值商品如紡織產(chǎn)品、家具、鞋襪等的生產(chǎn)地。
"I know it's a tall order, but I haven't heard a good explanation yet as to why that shouldn't happen, " he said.
我明白這是苛刻要求，但我從未聽過令我滿意解釋，為什麼不應(yīng)該這樣做。
It's very difficult, it's a very tall order, but I don't think you should be frightened of having that ambition.
這很難做到，這是非常高的目標(biāo)，但是我認為如果你有這樣的抱負，就不應(yīng)該感到畏懼。
It's a tall order for a brand that has resisted a decade's worth of attempts to turn it around.
十年來，Gap公司一直想扭轉(zhuǎn)頹勢，但收效甚微。
A tall order when you throw dozens of members of Congress into a made-for-TV drama, at the historic Blair House.
將數(shù)十名國會成員丟在歷史性的布萊爾樓電視直播的鏡頭前商討醫(yī)改問題是一個難以完成的任務(wù)。
All this is a tall order. Politicians have failed to control the costs of ageing populations for years.
這一切皆非易事，多年來政客們對控制老齡人口的支出已經(jīng)失敗。
Financing your education seems like a tall order for your parents, but there are still some other means available.
對你父母來說，供你上學(xué)是多么難的件事呀，不過還有其他方法可想的。
But getting people to spend more, especially in the face of an economic slowdown, may be a tall order.
但是，特別在面臨經(jīng)濟減速的情況下，要讓人們花更多的錢恐怕是個艱巨的任務(wù)。
Getting the crop harvested with so few hands to help was a tall order, but we did it.
幫手那么少，要將莊稼收割完是一件不容易的事，但我們做到了。
But a bank will finance the project only if the developer manages to sell a high percentage of the units upfront, a tall order.
只要開發(fā)者設(shè)法完成一個艱難的任務(wù)——設(shè)法提前銷售完高百分比的房屋單元，銀行就提供項目資金。
Given how ugly the housing market looked the past couple of months, this might seem like a tall order, but it stills possible.
由于過去幾個月來房地產(chǎn)市場如此低迷，這樣的要求可能有些苛刻，不過并非沒有可能。
It is a tall order, but the UN cannot stop the war unless it is also able to win the peace.
這是個艱巨的任務(wù)，但除非聯(lián)合國也能贏得和平，否則它將無法終止戰(zhàn)爭。
And that would mean European politicians admitting that both are needed to create a fair, just society: a tall order.
那就意味著，歐洲政治家們承認要創(chuàng)造一個公平公正的社會，自由化和社會安全網(wǎng)都必須兼顧：一個難以完成的事情。
It is a tall order, but today's technology can crunch through the genetic code of a virus relatively quickly.
這是一項苛刻的任務(wù)，好在現(xiàn)在的技術(shù)能夠相對迅速的破譯病毒的基因序列。
But going from stability to some sort of inflation surge is a tall order.
不過，從物價穩(wěn)定到某種程度的通貨膨脹還差得很遠。
The truth is, even in Singapore which boasts a fairly efficient health-care system, this is still a tall order.
不過，即使在醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)效率頗高的新加坡，這也還是個很崇高的理想。
That's a tall order in technical terms - debt, product and a globally divided product lineup still stand in the way.
這是一項艱巨的任務(wù)在技術(shù)術(shù)語-債務(wù)，產(chǎn)品和全球產(chǎn)品線劃分仍然阻礙。
The manufacturers maintained that to expect them to double their output withing three months was a tall order.
制造商們認為，要求他們在三個月內(nèi)將產(chǎn)量翻一翻太離譜了。
This may seem like a tall order, and to some of you it may even seem impossible.
這看起來很難，有些人會覺得這不可能，但這是可以實現(xiàn)的。
To get the spectrum allocated to commercial mobile services within six years may be a tall order.
這個要求在六年內(nèi)得到可分配在商業(yè)移動服務(wù)的頻譜，看似一個苛刻的要求。
That's a tall order, considering the almost unfathomable complexity of the human brain.
考慮到人類大腦幾乎深不可測的復(fù)雜程度，那就是比登天還難。
Expecting the Perimeter Institute to deliver insights on this scale is clearly a tall order.
期待圓周理論物理研究所提供如此規(guī)模的見解顯然是一個艱巨的任務(wù)。
That's a tall order that cannot be satisfied at the cellular level of consciousness.
那是意識的細胞層面不能滿足的離譜的目標(biāo)。
Half the price of coal and no carbon: That's a tall order, which is why Gates is looking for a miracle.
低價、無碳的產(chǎn)能技術(shù)，這是個不易實現(xiàn)的目標(biāo)，所以蓋茨才會希望奇跡的發(fā)生。
Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available.
為你學(xué)習(xí)提供資金的要求太苛刻了點，不過可以給你很多幫助。
Finding Easter eggs for a children's party in November is a tall order.
要在11月份為孩子們的聚會搞到復(fù)活節(jié)彩蛋，這一要求難以滿足。
Persuading teachers without the usual inducement of higher pay will be a tall order.
沒有提高工資條件就想要說服老師們做這做那無疑是種苛求。
This seems a tall order given that between 2003 and 2007 the government built less than half the 41, 000MW it had targeted.
這看來是個離譜的要求，要知道在2003年到2007年之間，印度政府新增的發(fā)電裝機容量不及其所制定4.1萬兆瓦目標(biāo)的一半。
