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 elusive [i'lu:siv]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 难懂的, 易忘的, 难以捉摸的

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。


elusive
[ adj ]
  1. difficult to describe

    2. <adj.all>
    a haunting elusive odor
  2. skillful at eluding capture

    3. <adj.all>
    a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist
  3. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

    4. <adj.all>
    his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
    a subtle difference
    that elusive thing the soul
  4. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

    5. <adj.all>
    a baffling problem
    I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
    a problematic situation at home


Elusive \E*lu"sive\, a.
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly
escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. --Pope.
-- {E*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*lu"sive*ness}, n.

  1. Another is history: Jackson, who has found support from whites elusive, did his best on that score in his 1984 campaign with California whites.
  2. Law enforcers are nailing some of them, but most are elusive as smoke.
  3. A decade ago, Communist leaders harbored the elusive international terrorist "Carlos", who masterminded deadly attacks in Western Europe and is still at large, the new government says.
  4. Above all, the auctions were seen to be a success, encouraging greatly that elusive plant called confidence. It is the same in London.
  5. 'I spend a lot of time giving people the benefit of my experience and they spend their time taking very little notice.' Consistently outstanding portfolio performance is as elusive as ever, but pursued regardless, according to The WM Company.
  6. The Sandinista People's Army is faced with fighting an elusive enemy in mountainous territory where many of the natives favor the insurgents.
  7. It tried to deal with the elusive owner and eventually served a Repairs Notice in 1988, requiring him to do the necessary work.
  8. He learns about the waste and futility of trying to fight an elusive, highly mobile enemy with conventional methods.
  9. The lunar link is more elusive, he said.
  10. It wasn't until early this month, when he became the hot candidate of the Democratic race, that the elusive political philosophy of Mr. Simon came under scrutiny in his party.
  11. One settles part of the dispute over cruise missiles carried on airplanes, the other sets the stage for keeping track of elusive mobile missiles.
  12. Reasons for why Celsis should be valued at Pounds 60m -not Pounds 80m, Pounds 40m or less - are more elusive than brief explanations of the use of bioluminescence reagents in microbe detection.
  13. "This chip may or may not sell in large numbers over the next year or two," Slater said. "The high volume, high performance markets have been elusive.
  14. Armatrading, whose name frequently comes up when critics talk about Chapman's work, is still searching for that elusive hit 15 years and 13 albums into her recording career.
  15. He is most elusive.
  16. In the highly influential "Nutcrackers" of Yuri Grigorovich and Rudolf Nureyev, formal conviction, the very essence of 19th-century classicism, is sacrificed to an elusive psychological veracity.
  17. Then, suddenly, it becomes a graveyard of upended restaurant chairs, littered sidewalks and lost souls torn between that elusive last drink and the last bus home.
  18. The convention cornerstone was laid at the end of the evening by former President Carter, who urged the delegates to capture the party's most elusive value: "Unity, one more time, unity," he exhorted.
  19. News of the possible short-term extension was greeted with glee by some lawmakers who hope to force Congress and the president to compromise on a deficit-reduction package, which so far has been elusive.
  20. "Those are primarily white-collar workers, a customer segment that has historically proved elusive for convenience stores."
  21. Based on the play "Best" by Scott Speed, the show explores the elusive nature of fame and popularity in the music biz.
  22. Statistics on mistrials caused by hung juries or other problems in the jury box are elusive, said Tom Munsterman of the jury studies center of the National Center for State Courts.
  23. A settlement remains elusive despite a peace plan, mediated by the Arab League and endorsed by Lebanon's parliament, and the election of Hrawi in October to implement it.
  24. Agreement has been elusive after nearly two months of talks.
  25. Such approval "can be elusive," Mr. Heebner says.
  26. But between those two segments lies an elusive middle ground that has frustrated IBM for several years.
  27. The capture of that one, elusive fugitive had remained a major, declared objective in the biggest military operation since the United States withdrew from South Vietnam.
  28. After 18 months in power, Mr Victor Chernomyrdin has succeeded in becoming the second most powerful man in the country and has remained the most elusive.
  29. Had Beirutis been too quickly seduced by an elusive peace?
  30. It remains an elusive rainbow - a beautiful concept, but one which is difficult to describe and impossible to touch.
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