Elusive
[ɪ'l(j)uːsɪv] or [ɪ'lusɪv]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) skillful at eluding capture; 'a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist'- David Kline .
(adj.) difficult to describe; 'a haunting elusive odor' .
(adj.) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; 'his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change'; 'a subtle difference'; 'that elusive thing the soul' .
手打:奥拉夫--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
編輯:凯利
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Evasive, ELUSORY.[2]. Equivocating, shuffling, equivocatory.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I might almost say heart-breaking, too, for of all the elusive, disappointing things one ever hunted for that was the worst. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When Woola had finished his meal I again took up my weary and seemingly endless wandering in quest of the elusive waterway. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The water was still booming in the night, the moon was fair, the hills beyond were elusive. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- At once powerful and elusive, it remained for Professor Morse to capture this wild steed, and, taming it, place it in the permanent service of man. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This philosophy is not only difficult to practice: it is elusive when you come to state it. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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