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elusive

音標[i'lu:siv] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 難懂的, 易忘的, 難以捉摸的

詞型變化:

副詞:elusively 名詞:elu-siveness 

英文解釋:

形容詞 elusive:

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

例句:

  1. The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.
    常使喜馬拉雅山的攀登者浮想聯翩的雪人也不比此更難以捉摸。
  2. Men like to pursue an elusive woman, like a cake of wet soap in a bathtub- even men who hate bath.
    男人們喜歡追逐那些象浴缸里的濕肥皂般難以捉摸的女人,即使討厭洗澡的男人也無不如此。
  3. Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.
    國際刑警組織已在世界各地搜查在逃的飛機劫持者。

詳細解釋:


e.lu.sive

adj.(形容詞)
Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory:
逃避的:不易被抓獲、覺察、理解或記憶的:
例句:
.an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist[himself] . (David Kline)
.一個看不見的小陰謀集團,每一個都比恐怖主義集團[本身] 更難於被發現. (戴維·克蘭)

Difficult to define or describe:
難於定義或描述的:
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)
.失敗比勝利更容易刻在我們腦中,成功在我們這個需求的社會是一個難於描述的,如果不是神秘的話,目的在我們的社會需求中.(休·德拉蒙德)

來源:
From Latin ôlôsus [past participle of] ôlôdere [to elude] * see elude
源自 拉丁語 ôlôsus [] ôlôdere的過去分詞 [逃避] *參見 elude

【引伸】
elu.sively
adv.(副詞)
elu.siveness
n.(名詞)

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