elusive
英 [ɪ'l(j)uːsɪv]
美[ɪ'lusɪv]
	    - adj. 难懂的;易忘的;逃避的;难捉摸的
 
实用场景例句
- Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found.
 - 埃里克总是这样神出鬼没,哪儿也找不着。
 
牛津词典
- the elusive concept of ‘literature ’
 - “文学”这一难以解释的概念
 
牛津词典
- A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving elusive .
 - 有毒废料这个问题证明难以解决。
 
牛津词典
- In London late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap.
 - 在伦敦,深夜时难以打到出租车,而且车费非常贵。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Despite all their efforts, success remained elusive.
 - 尽管他们做了种种努力, 成功的把握还是不大.
 
期刊摘选
- 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.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Russia's future is less predictable and modernisation more elusive than either was a decade ago.
 - 俄罗斯的未来越发不可预测,而十年前,现代化更是让人难以琢磨.
 
期刊摘选
- Unfortunately, this aspect of style is more elusive.
 - 不幸地是在这个方面是相当难以琢磨的.
 
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- And that bottleneck will make type growth rates elusive.
 - 而这种瓶颈将让中国式的增长速度显得不可思议.
 
期刊摘选
- Graddy discovered that even at Fulton, perfect competition was elusive.
 - 格雷迪发现,即使在富尔顿鱼市, 完全竞争也难觅踪迹.
 
期刊摘选
- Of ten , even for those of us are sighted, beauty is elusive and hard to define.
 - 为那些我们被看见, 秀丽是逃避和困难定义.
 
期刊摘选
- Democracy in international relations remains elusive and there are new manifestations of hegemonism and power politics.
 - 国际关系民主化远未实现,霸权主义和强权政治有新的表现.
 
期刊摘选
- Markal Lorekeep was a mighty center of magic, dedicated to the most elusive of Asha's teachings.
 - 马卡尔学识要塞是一个强大的魔法中心, 致力于传授亚莎最深奥的教义.
 
期刊摘选
- The trouble is that the new technological fixes are elusive.
 - 麻烦在于,新技术令人捉摸不定.
 
期刊摘选
- It was a vibration merely, faint, elusive, impossible of definition.
 - 这不过是一声震颤, 隐隐约约, 难以捉摸, 无法形容.
 
辞典例句
- Curing the common cold, of medicine's most elusive goals, may now be in of the possible.
 - 治愈普通感冒, 是医学上一个难题, 现在或许成为可能.
 
期刊摘选
- Suddenly feel that they are so elusive, his point is not assertive!
 - 突然感觉自己是那么的渺茫, 自己一点主见都没有!
 
期刊摘选
- 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.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- Lot of things in life are elusive, if we deliberately go to pursue, ultimately nothing.
 - 生活中的许多事物都是可望而不可及的, 如果我们刻意去追求, 最终还是一无所获.
 
期刊摘选
- This elusive almost invisible quality was more than a mere habit.
 - 这种捉摸不透的无形品质不仅仅只是一个良好习惯.
 
期刊摘选
- And hopefully taking that elusive win at the European Grand Prix, also.
 - 但是我也非常渴望为法拉利拿下这个极具挑战性的欧洲站冠军.
 
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- I've been trying all day to reach him on the telephone, but he's very elusive.
 - 我整天都在打电话找他, 但是找不着.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- He looked down at her expression is elusive, and then turned up the table.
 - 他低头看着她,表情令人难以捉摸, 然后转过身,走到桌前.
 
期刊摘选
- 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.
 
辞典例句
- The pictured critter was not even the elusive American crocodile , Crocodylus acutus.
 - 图上的动物甚至不是神出鬼没的美洲鳄.
 
期刊摘选
- But the man himself has remained elusive.
 - 但是他自己还是让人难以捉摸.
 
期刊摘选
- He is an elusive figure.
 - 他是一个让人捉摸不透的人物.
 
英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦