英语释义

• be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind;

  "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"

  "a subtle difference"

  "that elusive thing the soul"

• difficult to describe;

  "a haunting elusive odor"

• skillful at eluding capture;

  "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline

片语

complicated难懂的，复杂的

elusive factor难以捉摸的因素

Elusive Productions出版者

Elusive island难以名状之岛

Elusive Ebony难懂的黑檀木

Elusive Monelli难懂的

But elusive但遥不可及

Most Elusive最难以捉摸

Elusive Target难以捕捉

abstruse深奥的；难懂的

Very Elusive销声匿迹

英汉例句

• for borges, the library of babel comes out of this tradition; though the library may contain all books, meaning is only made more elusive by the vastness of what the library contains.

  对于博尔赫斯来说，巴别塔的图书馆正来自这一传统：尽管图书馆可能包括所有的书，但图书馆藏书之丰富只能让意义变得更加难以捉摸。

• in a given year, this elusive ideal might require more violinists, goalies, aspiring engineers or students who can pay the full cost of attendance.

  在某一年，这个难以捉摸的理想，可能需要更多的小提琴手，守门员，有抱负的工程师或学生谁可以支付出席的全部费用。

• security, once one of the main reasons for huddling together, is often now more elusive in the druggy streets of the metropolis than in the exurbs.

  安全一度是群居生活的重要动机。而如今大都市毒祸横流，安定的生活相比城郊更使人难以捉摸。

• yet those kinds of numbers have remained elusive throughout the history of digital music.

  然而这样的数据在数码音乐的历史上仍让人难以捉摸。

• interviews with more than a half dozen experts presently involved in rewriting the slippery history of these elusive objects reveals black holes as galactic sculptors.

  最近改写这些难以捉摸的家伙的历史的专家们，有半打以上接受了采访，他们所揭示出的黑洞，犹如宇宙的雕刻家。

• even if the contents of the message remained elusive for decades, we would know that there was someone 「intelligent」 at the other end.

  即使那样的信息内涵几十年都依然保持难以捉摸，我们仍将会知道在另外一头存在着「智能的」生命。

• the problem with the elusive boson is not creating it in the first place.

  对于难于捉摸的玻色子而言，首要的问题并不是将其创造出来。

• understandably, we were not exposed to inmates directly; instead, we had to peek through small openings and windows to get a hint of their elusive presence.

  可以理解，我们并没有直接暴露在囚犯的面前。相反，我们必须通过小孔和窗户来少许了解这些难以捉摸的囚犯。

• happiness is an illusion for some and elusive to others, but for families who get their recipes right, happiness is an all-pervasive emotion that follows them wherever they go and whatever they do.

  幸福对于一些人来说是幻想，对于另外一些人来说是难以捉摸的，但对于那些正确掌握了方法的家庭来说，幸福是一种普遍存在的情感，不管他们去哪或者做什么，幸福都跟着。

• persuasiveness served the american-born, london-based television producer well in the past, with such films as 「the death of yugoslavia」 and 「israel and the arabs: elusive peace」.

  以前，绝好的口才使这位美国出生、伦敦长大的电视制作人成就不少，比如说她拍摄的「南斯拉夫之死」，以及「以色列，阿拉伯：难懂的和平」。

• the experts stressed, however, that the evidence of a link remains elusive and more research is needed to further explore the possible risk.

  然而，专家强调，证明这个联系的证据还很难捉摸，需要更多的研究进一步探索出可能的危害。

• this column aims to explore that elusive juncture where design principles meet the requirements to solve real-world problems.

  本专栏旨在探索设计原则如何满足解决实际问题的需求这一难以捉摸的结合点。

• both of us being biologists, we swerved to follow the elusive chameleon.

  我们都是生物学家，便转而讨论这让人难以捉摸的变色龙。

• conservatives will not be able to understand the elusive nature of obamaism and counter its formidable appeal until they remove the impediment of their own insular, rigid ideology.

  在消除自身孤立、死板的意识形态之前，保守主义者们无法理解奥巴马主义的逃避本质，也无法反击他那令人畏惧的诉求。

• happiness itself can be defined in many different ways, it may have all kinds of components, it may be a life's work, or even no work at all, but we are, most of us, in pursuit of this elusive goal.

  幸福感本身可以用各种不同的方式定义：它可能包含各种各样的成分，也可能是一件生活的作品，抑或连作品也算不上；但绝大多数的人们却仍坚持不懈地追寻这个难以捉摸的目标。

• it is a mysterious, shifting, elusive thing, and it was that very ambiguity that so confounded and compelled the attention of all who saw it in the past.

  她是神秘的，流动的，另人捉摸不定的一件事物。她的这种特殊的不明确性，在过去一直困惑着，并深深地吸引着人们的注意。

• men like to pursue an elusive woman like a cake of wet soap——even men who hate baths.

  男人喜欢追逐那些象弄湿了的香皂般令人难以捉摸的女人——哪怕是讨厌洗澡的男人。

• scientists are hot on the tail of one of nature?s most elusive substances, the mysterious dark matter that is thought to make up the bulk of the universe.

  科学家们正在热切的追逐着自然界中最难以捉摸的物质——神秘的暗物质，一般认为它构成了宇宙的大部分组成。

• elusive even when staring straight at it, the aurora follows no discernible schedule.

  极光不遵从可识别的规程，即使直盯着它也难以捉摸。

• despite all the goodwill in the world, the middle east peace process remains as elusive and frustrating as ever.

  尽管全世界都对其给予厚望，中东和平进程还是像以往那样难以捉摸、令人沮丧。

• 「we know what we need to do to achieve that elusive triple win」, he said.

  他说：“我们知道我们需要做什么来实现这个难以捉摸的三赢。

相似词

intangible无形的，触摸不到的；难以理解的

impalpable感触不到的；难理解的；无形的

imponderable无法衡量的事物

baffling使困惑；挫败（baffle的ing形式）

puzzling使……迷惑，使……困惑（puzzle 的现在分词）

undefinable无法定义的；不确定的

toad （门等）关上

eely似鳗的；易滑脱的；滑头滑脑的

evasive逃避的；托辞的；推托的

slippery滑的；狡猾的；不稳定的

elusory难以捉摸的

fleeting迅速移动（fleet的ing形式）

catch捕捉；捕获物；窗钩

hard努力的；硬的；困难的；辛苦的；确实的；严厉的；猛烈的；冷酷无情的

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