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Problematic Problems Prob·Lem·At·Ic ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪk Prob·Lem·At·Ical ˌprɒbləˈmætɪkl ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪkl

The word 'problematic' is an adjective that describes something as having problems or difficulties. It means that something is not easily solved and may be hard to deal with.

English

word problematic
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Collins
problematic ★☆☆☆☆
/prɒ̱bləmæ̱tɪk/
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有问题的;有困难的;疑难的 Something that is problematic involves problems and difficulties.
  • Some places are more problematic than others for women traveling alone.

    对那些独自旅行的女性来说,在有些地方遇到的问题会比其他地方更多。

  • ...the problematic business of running an economy.

    管理一个经济体制这样困难重重的事


Oxford prob·lem·at·ic / ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk ; NAmE ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪk / ( also less frequent prob·lem·at·ical / ˌprɒbləˈmætɪkl ; NAmE ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪkl / ) adjective difficult to deal with or to understand; full of problems; not certain to be successful 造成困难的;产生问题的 OPP
unproblematic
prob·lem·at·ic / ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk ; NAmE ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪk / prob·lem·at·ical / ˌprɒbləˈmætɪkl ; NAmE ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪkl /
LDC
problematicprob‧lem‧at‧ic /ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk◂ $ ˌprɑː-/ ●○○ adjective
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
involving problems and difficult to deal with:  The reforms could turn out to be highly problematic.
WDF

problematic

[ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk]

CET6TEM8IELTS
n40508
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1
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j5625
4780
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597
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ADJ6696
113506
NOUN56782
453

Spoken:

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问题的(91%),有疑问的(9%)
adj.问题的;有疑问的;不确定的

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