elusive

elusive读音音标

英 [iˈlu:sɪv]

美 [ɪˈlusɪv]

elusive意思解释

adj.

难以捉摸的；

不易记住的；

逃避的；

难以找到的

英英释义

adj.

difficult to describe

\"a haunting elusive odor\"

skillful at eluding capture

\"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist\"

同义词：evasive

be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

\"that elusive thing the soul\"

同义词：subtle

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)Number is a crucial but elusive concept in English teaching and learning.数是英语教学中的一个关键而又难以捉摸的概念。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。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。He spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal.他花了一年的功夫去勘探那种很难到手的金属。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。