Elusive
[ ɪ'lusɪv ]
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adj. 难以捉摸的;不易记住的;逃避的;难以找到的;
💡 词根助记
e出+lus玩，戏剧+ive形容词后缀→把人玩出去→让人难懂的
📝 例句
Excessive worrying about an elusive public image was the order of the day.
过分为一个朝生暮死的公众形象担心就是今天的风尚。
Finding a vaccine for Plasmodium has been an elusive goal.
寻找防治疟原虫的疫苗，一直是个难于达到的目标。
Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.
翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
Direct proof of the mechanism of adhesion is quite elusive.
直接证明粘结的机理是十分困难的。
Empiri-cally, the distinction between active and idle balances is elusive.
在实际生活中，活动余额和闲置余额的区别是难以捉摸的。
🌱 联想助记
来自 elude
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-lic-表示“诱惑”
常见的变体有-lus-、-lud-
📖 牛津释义
elusive
adj
(a) tending to escape or disappear; difficult to capture 逃避的; 躲避的; 难以捕捉的
a most elusive criminal 极难逮捕的罪犯.
(b) difficult to remember or understand 难以记忆的; 难以理解的; 难以捉摸的
an elusive perfume 难以捉摸的香味
an elusive word 难记的词.
🔁 扩展释义
*[i'lu:siv]a. 难懂的, 易忘的, 难以捉摸的
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Yes, and we must stop people walking on this floor until it's firm. It may be necessary to put up a notice saying Keep off. Another thing, we' ll have to drill a hole in the wall for the electric wires.
是的，因此在地板牢固前，我们必须防止人们从地板上行走。可能还需要竖一个布告牌，写上“不得践踏”。还有，我们必须在墙上钻一个电线孔。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少时间把长长的橡胶管接到铺设在码头周围的空气供应管上，最后他终于把它们连接起来，工作因而进展得更快。
Other types of bee make their nests in holes in the ground.
其他种类的蜂在地穴里筑巢。