这是一项令人勉为其难的工作。

This is a job which stretches one.

他已经成为一名勉为其难的士兵。

He has become a reluctant soldier.

勉为其难正是我的问题所在，这还是我“人定胜天”的思想在作怪。

Trying too hard was precisely my problem. It was the mind over matter issue again.

但是，这位首席选举专员4月21日在首都廷布排队等候投票、参加为明年首届大选举行的预演时，看上去有些勉为其难。

But as the chief election commissioner queued to vote in Thimpu on April 21st, in a practice run for an inaugural election due next year, he looked mildly reluctant.