elusive是什么意思？

elusive

英[iˈlu:sɪv] 美[ɪˈlusɪv]

• adj. 难以捉摸的，不易记住的，逃避的，难以找到的；

副词：elusively;

名词：elusiveness;

例句

• I’ve been trying all day to reach him on the telephone, but he’s very elusive. 我整天都在打电话找他, 但是找不着。
• Graddy discovered that even at Fulton, perfect competition was elusive. 格雷迪发现,即使在富尔顿鱼市, 完全竞争也难觅踪迹.
• The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord. 美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤，试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
• 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.
• Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found. 埃里克总是这样神出鬼没，哪儿也找不着。
• Happiness, which had been so elusive in Henry's life, still evaded him. 亨利生活中过去一直难以捕捉的幸福仍旧与他无缘。
• The pictured critter was not even the elusive American crocodile , Crocodylus acutus. 图上的动物甚至不是神出鬼没的美洲鳄.
• Happiness, which had been so elusive in Henry's life, still evaded him... 亨利生活中过去一直难以捕捉的幸福仍旧与他无缘。
• 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。

同义词

• adj.
  elusive的同义词之：无从捉摸的
  intangible, impalpable, imponderable, baffling, puzzling, undefinable,
  elusive的同义词之：闪避的,逃避的
  to, eely, evasive, slippery, elusory, fleeting, catch, hard,
• elusive的同义词之：其他释义
  aerial,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  难以捉摸的;难以找到的;不易记住的
  I’ve been trying all day to reach him on the telephone, but he’s very elusive. 我整天都在打电话找他, 但是找不着。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. difficult to describe;
  "a haunting elusive odor"
  2. skillful at eluding capture;
  "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
  3. be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind;
  "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change""a subtle difference""that elusive thing the soul"