elusive
[i'lu:siv]
adj.难懂的, 难捉摸的, 难找的, 逃避的
例句与用法:
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。
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。
词形变化:
副词: elusively | 名词: elu-siveness |
a.
1. 逃避的, 躲避的
2. 难以理解的, 难以记起的
He remained as elusive as ever.
他还是那样令人难以捉摸。
elusive
词形变化:
副词: elusively | 名词: elu-siveness |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.闪避的, 逃避的
evasive
elusory
slippery
hard to catch
fleeting
eely
a.无从捉摸的
intangible
impalpable
imponderable
undefinable
puzzling
baffling
同义参见:
aerial
elusiveelusive[iˈlju:siv]adj.1.■闪避的, 逃避的2.■令人困惑的; 油滑的; 难记忆的
继承用法elusivelyadv.elusivenessn.
adjective
- difficult to find, catch, or achieve
难以分辨(或捉摸、得到)的,易逃脱的
success will become ever more elusive.
成功将变得愈发地难以获得。
■difficult to remember or recall
难记的;不易想起的
the elusive thought he had had moments before.
他刚才的一个转瞬即逝的想法。
elusively
adverb
elusiveness
noun
语源
- early 18th cent.: from Latin elus- 'eluded' (from the verb eludere) + -ive
elusive
形容词 elusive:
difficult to describe
skillful at eluding capture- David Kline
同义词:evasive
be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
同义词:subtle
elusive
■Beeman is one of a group trying to unravel this extremely elusive phenomenon using MRI and EEG.
Beeman是一群希望用MRI和EEG方法弄清楚这一极度理解现象的科学家们中的一位。
■"Don't worry," he responded. Cautiously manoeuvring himself into another position, he was able to grasp the elusive branch.
“不要怕,”他说着便放开腿,把右手紧紧挽住近中央的那根树枝,先把左脚提起,在另一树枝上重重地踏了两下,试试看树枝是否载得起他,然后把右脚也移了过去。
■"I love you" does not always have the same meaning, and this, too, should tell us something about the elusive nature of love.
“我爱你”总是有许多不同的含义,而这也正是好让我们了解到爱情那种令人费解的本性。
■An elusive greenish-yellow gleam flashes, then another, Fireflies!
一丝绿里带黄的光芒乍闪即逝,接着又一丝,那是萤火虫!
■Next time he wants to look for Irvine's body and the elusive camera, which he still believes is on the mountain.
下一次,他要寻找欧文的尸体及那只尚未找到的相机。
■After a time the enemy was baying across all south Kiangsi, hunting for the elusive Reds.
不久以后,敌人就在赣南到处追逐行踪不定的红军。
■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。
■But the legendary princess remains to be elusive as ever, and the king find themselves gradually lose our direction.
不过传说中的公主仍一如往昔地让人难以捉摸,国王发现自己逐渐迷失了方向。
■But why does creativity remain so elusive?
不过,为什麽创意还是这麽可遇不可求?
■"Funafuti" market consulting firm, said in an interview that the current pace of price increases to "surprising" and "elusive" proportions.
专业人士认为,不能否认卢湾区地理位置的优越性,该区是上海楼市“最具发展潜力”的商业中心区域之一。
■One of the world's rarest and most elusive birds has finally been seen flying in its natural habitat.
世界上最珍贵的、罕见的海鸟之一被发现飞翔在自然栖息地上空。
■Each is impelled to delve back into the past, in search of explanation and also of an elusive original perfection.
两人不可避免地要埋头探究往事,去寻找答案,寻找昔日缥缈的完美。
■To grow, love needs another, more elusive quality-the ability to let go.
为了使爱得到升华,我们还需要具备另一种更让人难于理解的品质--一种对方留有一定个人空间的能力和勇气。
■It is a small but perhaps we probably even have the desire to follow, the end is elusive, to its ranks condoned.
也许我们不过是小小的草民,即便怀有效仿的渴望,也终是可望而不可及,便以位卑宽宥了自己。
■If anything, the word is so overused that its true meaning seems ever more elusive.
事实上,由于爱这个词被人滥用,爱的真谛也就越来越难表述了。
■As he rang here, there and everywhere trying to find the elusive Liu Yu-ying, he even forgot that he was getting hungry.
于是他又四处打电话找这野鸟似的刘玉英,他连肚子饿也忘记了。
■Robert Langdon had proven an elusive quarry tonight, and with Agent Neveu now helping him, he might be far harder to corner than expected.
今晚的事已经证明了兰登是个难以捉摸的追捕目标,现在他又得到了奈芙警官的帮助,追捕工作将比想像中困难得多。
■The ever elusive Northwest Passage may be revealing itself in the Arctic.
从来都让人难以琢磨的西北航道可能将在显现在北极。
■They are in violent and lovely contrast with those who tend to quit once the aims are elusive.
他们与那些在迷茫中想要放弃目标的人形成明显的反差。
■They live to find those elusive system crashes.
他们活着就是为了去让这些不稳定的系统崩溃。
■He found sleep elusive, his existence reduced to untold hours of wakefulness followed by annoying stretches of insomnia.
他发现,睡眠难以捉摸的,他的存在,减少到无数小时的觉醒其次是恼人的延伸失眠。
■He is such an elusive person; you never know where he is when you want him.
他就是这样一个谜般的人物,当你需要他时,你永远不知道他在何处。
■His whole attitude had undergone a subtle change; a subtle difference; that elusive thing the soul.
他的整个态度发生了微妙的变化;微妙的差别;人心难测。
■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。
■He says physicists believe they will find an elusive elementary particle called the H.
他说物理学家们认为他们将发现难以捉摸的名为H.
■He remained as elusive as ever.
他还是那样令人难以捉摸。
■He chased another elusive reward: riches.
他还要追求另一种捉摸不定的奖赏:财富。
■Surprisingly, developments in gravitation physics in the past three decades have supplied some clear answers to what seem to be elusive questions.
令人惊讶的是,对于这些不易捉摸的问题,能够提供明确答案的,竟是过去30年来重力物理学上的研究。
■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。
■And the truth is elusive, because it knows where to hide.
但事实却让人捉摸不透,因为它知道到哪儿去藏身。
■But it is as simple as the desire of many people, is an elusive hope.
但就是这样简单的愿望对很多人来讲,也是一个难以实现的奢望。
■But the man himself has remained elusive.
但是他自己还是让人难以捉摸。
■But nothing has proved more elusive in Campania's protracted waste crisis than long-term solutions.
但是在坎帕尼亚拖延未决的垃圾危机中,没有什么比长期解决办法更难找到的了。
■But the root of the problem in many places, often in seemingly pristine habitats, has remained elusive.
但是在很多地方,通常是在表面上很原始的栖息地,问题的根源依然难以捉摸。
■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。
■But cross-selling, as it is known in bankers' jargon, is an elusive beast.
但是银行业内术语所说的跨区销售是很难控制的。
■But getting under the hood of the molecular machinery that drives this longevity has remained elusive.
但是,随着进入分子时代,人们对这种寿命延长的机制仍然不是很清楚。
■But the elusive Black Pencil is a marker of creative genius.
但这难捉摸的“黑铅笔”奖却是创意天才的标志。
■But unless their parties democratize internally, the return of Sharif and Zardari suggests that honest, accountable governance will remain elusive.
但除非他们的党派内部民主化,否则谢里夫和扎达里的回归仍然难以说明一个诚实的、负责任的政府回归。
■But the potato psyllid is merely the vector.The actual pathogen is still elusive.
但马铃薯木虱只是传播媒介,真正的病原体尚不清楚。
■You are asking about Han Jia? She has been quite mysterious the whole day.An elusive character!
你说韩佳呀?今天一直神神秘秘的。让人摸不透!
■The factors that protect centromeric cohesion during meiosis I have remained elusive.
保护这种结合的因子还不是很清楚。
■We can now answer some of those elusive questions about the ultimate limits of information storage.
关于资讯储量的限制,我们现在可以回答其中某些不易捉摸的问题。
■Other transformative learning scholars view this theory as an elusive concept.
其他的迁移学习把这个理论看成是难以捉摸的概念。
■For decades then, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive.
几十年来,一直存在着一种僵持局面:有着合理追求的两族人民,因各自的痛苦历史而使妥协可望不可及。
■Trying to pin down exactly when the contractors would be done remodeling the house, Nancy was frustrated by their elusive replies.
南希试图使承包商明确表态到底什么时候可完成房子的改建,但这些承包商的回答闪烁其词,使南希感到沮丧。
■EVEN for the most dedicated shopper, finding just the right pair of shoes can be elusive.
即使对最热衷购物的人而言,要找到一双合脚的鞋也并非易事。
■But try as I may, my goal remains ELUSIVE.
可仅管尽力了,我的目的还是那么遥不可及。
■Hunt geese, mallards, pintails, and the elusive Golden Snipe in the action packed hunting game!
可以捕猎的鸟禽很多-鹅,野鸭,针尾鸭等,还有你那把难以捉摸的狙击抢在这个动作狩猎游戏中起决定性作用!
■But the stories were elusive, and I sometimes wondered what another writer would make of them.
可是这儿却尽是些没边没沿的传说,有时候我真怀疑,要是换一个人该不知会把它们写成什么样子。