thorny

英 [ˈθɔːni]

美 [ˈθɔːrni]

adj.  棘手的; 麻烦的; 引起争议的; 有刺的; 多刺的

最高级：thorniest　比较级：thornier　

TOEFLGREIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.18411 / COCA.13200

牛津词典

adj.

• 棘手的；麻烦的；引起争议的
  causing difficulty or disagreement
  1. a thorny question/issue/problem
     棘手的问题
• 有刺的；多刺的
  having thorns
  1. a thorny bush
     有刺的灌木

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (植物、树木)带刺的，多刺的
  Athornyplant or tree is covered with thorns.
  1. ...thorny hawthorn trees.
     长满刺的山楂树
• ADJ-GRADED (问题)棘手的，复杂难解的，令人头疼的
  If you describe a problem asthorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it.
  1. ...the thorny issue of immigration policy...
     移民政策这个棘手问题
  2. It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem.
     我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。

英英释义

adj

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  1. a horse with a short bristly mane
  2. bristly shrubs
  3. burred fruits
  4. setaceous whiskers
  Synonym:barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburrypricklysetosesetaceousspiny
• bristling with perplexities
  1. the thorny question of states' rights

双语例句

• The thorny problem of what happens when the boss is absent.
  老板不在时情况会怎样这一棘手问题。
• Now we come to the thorny question of cost.
  现在我们来讨论成本这个棘手的问题。
• Like the rest of Europe, they also face the thorny issues of immigration and integration.
  与欧洲其他国家一样，它们也面临移民和一体化等棘手问题。
• How exactly these private dancers know which hotel rooms to visit, though, has become a thorny question.
  可是，这些私人舞女究竟是怎样知道该去哪个旅馆房间的现在却成了一个棘手的问题。
• Thorny issues such as women's role in agriculture and land tenure rights must also be tackled.
  还必须解决女性在农业中的作用以及土地权等棘手的问题。
• Another thorny issue involves controlling inflation in the face of emerging market forces.
  另一棘手的问题涉及在市场力量形成的同时控制通货膨胀。
• There are still a few thorny questions, many of which will not be answerable for some time.
  现在还有一些问题没有得到解答。一个最重要的就是一个游戏在不同手机的表现差距多少？
• For a start, there are thorny issues arising from the Smith recommendations.
  首先，史密斯的建议将引发一些棘手的问题。
• The stems are as thick as a man's finger and very thorny.
  “玫瑰巨人”的枝干多刺，粗细和男人的手指差不多。
• Race relations in the US continue to be a thorny problem. Racism remains a touchy issue.
  美国的种族关系一直是棘手的问题。种族主义可是个要小心处理的问题。