knotty
英 [ˈnɒti]
美 [ˈnɑːti]
adj. 复杂的; 难以解决的; 棘手的; 有节的; 缠绕在一起的
BNC.21895 / COCA.23275
牛津词典
adj.
- 复杂的;难以解决的;棘手的
complicated and difficult to solve- a knotty problem
棘手的问题
- a knotty problem
- 有节的;缠绕在一起的
having parts that are hard and twisted together- the knotty roots of the old oak tree
盘根错节的老橡树根
- the knotty roots of the old oak tree
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 复杂的;难以解决的;棘手的
Aknottyproblem is complicated and difficult to solve.- The new management team faces some knotty problems.
新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
- The new management team faces some knotty problems.
- ADJ 有节的;多节的
Knottywood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.- ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
多节的山楂树干
- ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
双语例句
- He had to discuss knotty points of Rousseau and Hegel with her.
他不得不和她讨论卢梭和黑格尔的那些深奥问题。 - Engineers would also have to solve some knotty packaging problems.
还有,工程师也必须能解决某些错综复杂的套装问题。 - Even the professor could not clarify the knotty point.
甚至教授也无法解决这个棘手问题。 - Procure a solution to a knotty problem.
解决了一个棘手的问题。 - Whether the Channel tunnel should be built or not is a knotty point.
该不该修英吉利海峡隧道,是一个难以决定的复杂问题。 - The new management team faces some knotty problems.
新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。 - With the rapid growth of floating population, the population management has become a knotty problem.
在当今的社会中流动人口的加剧,对人口的管理是一个很难的问题。 - I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial.
我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论。 - The problem of the bad assets is a knotty problem commonly encountered by the banking business of each country.
不良资产是各国银行业普遍都曾遭遇过的一个棘手问题。 - He made his mind to solve the knotty problem by himself.
他下决心自己解决这个棘手的问题。