elusive[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:
- difficult to describe
- skillful at eluding capture- David Kline同义词:evasive
- be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind同义词:subtle
例句
- 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。
- 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.sivelyadv.(副词)
elu.sivenessn.(名词)