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

最高级：knottiest　比较级：knottier　

GRE

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
  1. a knotty problem
     棘手的问题
• 有节的；缠绕在一起的
  having parts that are hard and twisted together
  1. the knotty roots of the old oak tree
     盘根错节的老橡树根

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.
  1. The new management team faces some knotty problems.
     新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• ADJ 有节的；多节的
  Knottywood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
  1. ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
     多节的山楂树干

双语例句

• He tackled the knotty problem without recourse to any help.
  他不依靠任何人的帮助而独立处理这一难题。
• The psychological inversion of the students is a knotty problem in the college ideological and political work.
  大学生的逆反心理是高校思想政治工作中比较棘手的一个问题。
• 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 chemistry is knotty for me.
  化学对我来说是很复杂难懂的。
• Reconciling and resolving gem dependencies is something of a knotty problem.
  协调和解决gem依赖性是个棘手的问题。
• This is a knotty problem.
  这可是件让人挠头的事。
• He and the Don had solved many a knotty problem in this room, and so when he saw the Godfather leave the festivities and enter the house, he knew, wedding or no, there would be a little work this day.
  他和堂在这间屋子里解决了许多棘手的问题，因此，当他看到教父离开庆典进入那所房子时，他知道，婚礼与否，这天会有一点事情。
• It is almost impossible to skirt the knotty problem.
  想回避这个棘手的问题几乎是不可能的。
• This paper raises knotty problems concerning the translation of the History of Ming Into the vernacular Chinese.
  本文就个人翻译《明史》时遇到的一些较为棘手的问题提出来进行讨论。
• 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。