勉为其难 
manage to do a difficult job beyond one's reach
- 如果你勉为其难去榨葡萄,你的勉强将在酒中渗入毒液。
And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine. - 所有的政府,甚至勉为其难的德国,都明白他们正在朝着一种财政联邦主义迈进。
All governments, even that of reluctant Germany, understand that they have taken a step towards a kind of fiscal federalism. - 但总的来说,他们是在勉为其难,因为工程师和设备的短缺,以及开采成本的增大。
But on the whole, they are struggling to increase their output, owing to shortages of engineers and equipment, and to the concomitant rise in development costs.