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elusive adj.难懂的；难捉摸的；难找的；逃避的 (1) 数是英语教学中的一个关键而又难以捉摸的概念。(2) 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。(3) 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。(4) 他花了一年的功夫去勘探那种很难到手的金属。(5) 国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。 Ever try to catch a mouse? It's not easy, because mice are quick and elusive — they're tough to catch. Rabbits are speedy, so they're elusive too. Also, things that are tough to understand or describe are elusive — like the concepts of love and beauty. If you had an idea and then forgot it, the idea is elusive: it slipped away. Anything you can't get hold of, with your hands or with your brain, is elusive.

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英 [i'luːsɪv] 美 [i'luːsɪv] (1) Number is a crucial but elusive concept in English teaching and learning.(2) The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.(3) Men like to pursue an elusive woman, like a cake of wet soap in a bathtub- even men who hate bath.(4) He spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal.(5) Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers. Things that are elusive are hard to find, pin down, or remember. They slip right out of your grasp. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]难以得到的；难以描述的；想不起来的；难以实现的 Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve. In London late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap.在伦敦，深夜时难以打到出租车，而且车费非常贵。elusiveness...the elusiveness of her character.她难以捉摸的性格

英语单词	elusive
英美音标	英 [i'luːsɪv] 美 [i'luːsɪv]
中文释义	adj.难懂的；难捉摸的；难找的；逃避的
英语例句	(1) Number is a crucial but elusive concept in English teaching and learning. (2) The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive. (3) Men like to pursue an elusive woman, like a cake of wet soap in a bathtub- even men who hate bath. (4) He spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal. (5) Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.
中文例句	(1) 数是英语教学中的一个关键而又难以捉摸的概念。 (2) 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。 (3) 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。 (4) 他花了一年的功夫去勘探那种很难到手的金属。 (5) 国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。
vocabulary简明	Things that are elusive are hard to find, pin down, or remember. They slip right out of your grasp.
vocabulary扩展	Ever try to catch a mouse? It's not easy, because mice are quick and elusive — they're tough to catch. Rabbits are speedy, so they're elusive too. Also, things that are tough to understand or describe are elusive — like the concepts of love and beauty. If you had an idea and then forgot it, the idea is elusive: it slipped away. Anything you can't get hold of, with your hands or with your brain, is elusive.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]难以得到的；难以描述的；想不起来的；难以实现的 Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve. In London late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap. 在伦敦，深夜时难以打到出租车，而且车费非常贵。 elusiveness ...the elusiveness of her character. 她难以捉摸的性格

Elusive Men Things Find Tough Idea 英 I'luːsɪv] 美