elusive

• adj. 难懂的；易忘的；逃避的；难捉摸的

来自elude, 逃避。

1. difficult to describe;

"a haunting elusive odor"

2. skillful at eluding capture;

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

3. 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"

elusive (adj.)

1719, from Latin elus-, past participle stem of eludere "elude, frustrate" (see elude) + -ive. Related: Elusiveness.

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.

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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.

《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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The trouble is that the new technological fixes are elusive.

麻烦在于,新技术令人捉摸不定.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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But the man himself has remained elusive.

但是他自己还是让人难以捉摸.

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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