adj. 1.闪避的,逃避的。 2.无从捉摸的,油滑的;容易忘记的。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
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" 同义词:baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough,
difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
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" 同义词:subtle,
"Elusive" was the first single for British singer-songwriter Scott Matthews and was released on 18 September 2006. The single received much airplay from BBC Radio DJs Jo Whiley, Dermot O'Leary, and Zane Lowe between August 7?10; Lowe played "Elusive" once each night as his chosen Single of the Week.
例句与用法
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The answers lord sought were still elusive . 洛德寻找的答案仍然显得捉摸不定。
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Direct proof of the mechanism of adhesion is quite elusive . 直接证明粘结的机理是十分困难的。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Empirically, 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。
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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。
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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。
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The water was still booming in the night, the moon was fair, the hills beyond were elusive . 湖水在黑夜中正发着隆隆的轰鸣声,月色皎洁,那边的山头则暮色正浓。