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- skillful at eluding capture
- a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Klin
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- 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
- Synonym: baffling knotty problematic problematical tough
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- difficult to describe
- a haunting elusive odor
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- 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
- Synonym: subtle
数据来源:WordNet
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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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Number is a crucial but elusive concept in English teaching and learning .
数是英语教学中的一个关键而又难以捉摸的概念。
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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。
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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。
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Happiness , which had been so elusive in Henry 's life , still evaded him
亨利生活中过去一直难以捕捉的幸福仍旧与他无缘。
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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。
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The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord .
美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤,试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
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But why does creativity remain so elusive ?
不过,为什么创意还是这么可遇不可求?
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Sadly , in a world where obscure Rabelais translations provide critical evidence , the true reason may remain forever elusive .
可悲的是,在一个只有拉伯雷的不知名译本能提供关键证据的世界,握手的真正起源可能会永远不为人所知。
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Protein function can help us to understand the elusive life system .
蛋白质功能可以帮助人们理解复杂的生命现象。
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You may find yourself in that elusive flow state before you know it !
在知道之前也许你就找到了自己捉摸不透的源源不断的状态。
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This has that elusive quality called human interest .
这里面有令人难以捕捉的人类情趣。
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The answer remains elusive in part because love is not one thing .
某种程度上答案仍然是难以捉摸的因为爱不是一件事。
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However , the exact mechanism of bone adaptation is still elusive .
但是,骨适应原理的具体机制目前尚不明确。
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This provided a precious opportunity to study the elusive animals .
这次发现为人们研究这种难觅踪迹的物种提供了宝贵机会。
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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。
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Without a pickup in trade big profits may be elusive .
然而不铤而走险很难获得巨额利润。
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Generally speaking , the future for financial mechanism , however , is elusive .
但是总的来看,资金机制的未来充满变数。
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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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Social capital is important but elusive .
社会资本很重要,却很难作出精确的界定。
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The goal for a simple cure for cancer remains elusive .
但对癌症患者进行简单的治疗远远不够。
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Mind is elusive ; you cannot hold it in your hand .
思想是难以捉摸的,你不能把它抓在手里。
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I wish to describe the elusive living world with the specific drawing language .
我希望能通过具象绘画语言来描述那难以琢磨的生命世界。
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Immediate solutions for solving problems surrounding poverty remain elusive .
当即解决贫困问题的法子仍然是难以捉摸的。
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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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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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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。
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I was flying around in my mind looking for an elusive idea .
我的脑子在飞快地旋转,可总是不得要领。
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He 's the most elusive person I know .
他是我认识的最难捉摸的人。
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While quality is subjective and a definition elusive .
当质量是一个主观的,难懂的定义。