elusive
英 [iˈluːsɪv]
美 [iˈluːsɪv]
adj. 难找的; 难以解释的; 难以达到的
Collins.1 / BNC.7605 / COCA.6930
牛津词典
adj.
- 难找的;难以解释的;难以达到的
difficult to find, define, or achieve- 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。 - the elusive concept of ‘literature’
“文学”这一难以解释的概念 - 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。
- Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 难以得到的;难以描述的;想不起来的;难以实现的
Something or someone that iselusiveis difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve.- 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。
- In London late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap.
双语例句
- But why does creativity remain so elusive?
不过,为什么创意还是这么可遇不可求? - 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。 - His dream of racial equality is still elusive, but no one did more to make it real.
种族平等的梦想仍遥遥无期,但没有任何人更使它真正。 - 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。 - It is not some elusive nirvana of perfection and romantic sunsets.
它不是一些难以捉摸的完美涅磐和浪漫的夕阳。 - 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。 - Investors rightly want to know how this affects companies. But that information can prove elusive.
投资者理所当然想知道这一因素对企业造成了怎样的影响,但事实证明这类信息很难找到。 - Just how much cosmic rays affect cloud formation has, however, remained elusive.
然而,究竟有多少宇宙射线影响了云的形成还是个未知数。 - What I hoped to investigate in the project is what the transient and elusive might mean in architectural terms.
我希望在专案中研究的是这种短暂和容易忘怀的事在建筑上的意义。 - Because of this technical limitation, tests of string theory have remained elusive until now.
由于技术上的限制,直到今日弦理论的测试仍难以进行。