elusive
adj. 难懂的；易忘的；逃避的；难捉摸的
adj.
难以捉摸的；不易记住的；逃避的；难以找到的
英英释义
elusive[ i'lju:siv,-səri ]
adj.
difficult to describe
"a haunting elusive odor"
skillful at eluding capture
"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"
同义词：evasive
be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
"that elusive thing the soul"
同义词：subtle
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
Number is a crucial but elusive concept in English teaching and learning.
数是英语教学中的一个关键而又难以捉摸的概念。
The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.
常使喜马拉雅山的攀登者浮想联翩的雪人也不比此更难以捉摸。
Men like to pursue an elusive woman, like a cake of wet soap in a bathtub- even men who hate bath.
男人们喜欢追逐那些象浴缸里的湿肥皂般难以捉摸的女人，即使是讨厌洗澡的男人也无不如此。
He spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal.
他花了一年的功夫去勘探那种很难到手的金属。
Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.
国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。
权威例句
The Elusive Function of MetallothioneinsLipid rafts: elusive or illusive?
The elusive nature of executive functions: a review of our current understanding.
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
Emotional intelligence: in search of an elusive construct.
The elusive concept of localization economies: towards a knowledge-based theory of spatial clustering
Estimating population sizes for elusive animals: the forest elephants of Kakum National Park, Ghana.
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics, by William Easterly. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press...
Cerebral circulation and metabolism after severe traumatic brain injury: the elusive role of ischemia.
elusive (adj.)
1719, from Latin elus-, past participle stem of eludere "elude, frustrate" (see elude) + -ive. Related: Elusiveness.
1. Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.
翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. Excessive worrying about an elusive public image was the order of the day.
过分为一个朝生暮死的公众形象担心就是今天的风尚。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. An elusive, Cambridge-trained anthropologist made his career largely in the United States.
令人莫测高深的，剑桥大学培养出来的人类学家，他的一生主要在美国渡过。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. Finding a vaccine for Plasmodium has been an elusive goal.
寻找防治疟原虫的疫苗，一直是个难于达到的目标。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. Usually, this sort of measurement can be quite elusive because it can rarely be reduced to a quantifiable factor alone.
通常这种测试很难定义，因为它很少能简化至可量化的程度。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
6. Empiri-cally, the distinction between active and idle balances is elusive.
在实际生活中，活动余额和闲置余额的区别是难以捉摸的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. Empirically, the distinction between active and idle balance is elusive.
在实际生活中，把货币分为活动余额和闲置余额是难以捉摸的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. Permeability remains an elusive parameter that is not directly measurable by geophysical methods.
渗透率则是一个不能用地球物理学方法直接测出的、捉摸不定的参数。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. Although he spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal, he met only with failure.
尽管他花了一年的功夫去勘探那种很难到手的金属，却落得个两手空空而归。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. track down an elusive fact
追查难以明了的事实
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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