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单词 elusive
释义

elusive

音标[i'lu:siv]

汉语翻译

a. 难懂的, 易忘的, 难以捉摸的

词型变化:

副词:elusively 名词:elu-siveness 

英语解释:

形容词 elusive:

  1. difficult to describe
  2. skillful at eluding capture- David Kline
    同义词:evasive
  3. be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
    同义词:subtle

例句:

  1. The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.
    常使喜马拉雅山的攀登者浮想联翩的雪人也不比此更难以捉摸。
  2. Men like to pursue an elusive woman, like a cake of wet soap in a bathtub- even men who hate bath.
    男人们喜欢追逐那些象浴缸里的湿肥皂般难以捉摸的女人,即使是讨厌洗澡的男人也无不如此。
  3. Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.
    国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

详细解释:


e.lu.sive

adj.(形容词)
Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory:
逃避的:不易被抓获、觉察、理解或记忆的:
例句:
.an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist[himself] . (David Kline)
.一个看不见的小阴谋集团,每一个都比恐怖主义集团[本身] 更难于被发现. (戴维·克兰)

Difficult to define or describe:
难于定义或描述的:
例句:
.Failures are more finely etched in our minds than triumphs, and success is an elusive, if not mythic, goal in our demanding society.(Hugh Drummond)
.失败比胜利更容易刻在我们脑中,成功在我们这个需求的社会是一个难于描述的,如果不是神秘的话,目的在我们的社会需求中.(休·德拉蒙德)


来源:
From Latin ôlôsus [past participle of] ôlôdere [to elude] * see elude
源自 拉丁语 ôlôsus [] ôlôdere的过去分词 [逃避] *参见 elude

【引伸】
elu.sively
adv.(副词)
elu.siveness
n.(名词)

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