elusive

美[i'luːsɪv] 英[i'luːsɪv]

adj. 难懂的；难捉摸的；难找的；逃避的

副词：elusively 名词：elusiveness

近义词：intangible，evasive，baffling，impalpable，imponderable，slippery，elusory，eely，undefinable，puzzling，fleeting，aerial，subtle，indefinable，vague，indescribable，abstract，mysterious，obscure，tenuous，to，catch，hard，problematic，problematical，knotty，tough，

详细释义

adj.(形容词)

逃避的
难找的
难以解释的
难以达到的
躲避的
难以理解的
难以记起的
难以捉摸的
闪避的
油滑的
容易忘记的
缥缈的
莫测高深的
困难的
难于达到的
朝生暮死的
难懂的

英英释义

Adjective

difficult to describe;
"a haunting elusive odor"
skillful at eluding capture;
"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze;
"his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change" "a subtle difference" "that elusive thing the soul"
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe;
"a baffling problem" "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast" "a problematic situation at home"

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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。

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