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单词 elusive
释义
elusive
adjective
uk
/iˈluː.sɪv/us
/iˈluː.sɪv/
C2
difficulttodescribe,find,achieve, orremember:
难以表述（或找到、达到、记起）的；困难的
Theanswersto thesequestionsremainas elusive asever.这些问题的答案仍然是不得而知。
Success,however,remainedelusive for her.但是对她来说，成功仍然不可企及。
elusivememories模糊的记忆
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unachievable
  • be (a) no goidiom
  • be on a hiding to nothingidiom
  • be out ofyourleagueidiom
  • cat
  • chase
  • ghost
  • goodbye
  • impossibility
  • impossible
  • impracticable
  • in/out of the runningidiom
  • infeasible
  • league
  • running
  • silk
  • unachievable
  • unattainable
  • unfeasible
  • unfeasibly
  • unworkable
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elusively
elusiveness
(Definition ofelusivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofelusive

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Philosophical arguments address one of the most fundamental yetelusivequestions facing behavioral scientists, namely, what constitutes a disorder?
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A precise mechanism and pathophysiology, which could account for this pure deficit, is however,elusive.
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Despite the many positive responses to priming in the various crops reported above, the precise mechanisms remainelusive.
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As a result, these overlapping groups and contrasting methods of definition have caused the nature and identity of the group to remainelusive.
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It is an effective tool for quick title searches, for the output of a publisher, for book series, for pamphlets, for anelusiveauthor.
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Evidence as to the underlying mechanisms responsible remainselusive.
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Good operational measures of, and data on, asset specificity are notoriouslyelusive.
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An inner logic,elusiveand yet compelling, lends an unexpected substance to this work of modest dimensions.
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Even in the heyday of one-party states, when heads of state controlled virtually every organ of associational life, the spirit world was always moreelusive.
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Deep conventions tend to be ratherelusivebecause they are typically practiced by following their corresponding surface conventions.
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This is a profound work; its darkly glowing sound invites the listener to return to grasp its themes, at once simple andelusive.
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Until such functional mutations are identified, the biological mechanisms underlying the interaction will remainelusive.
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Early signs may be subtle andelusiveand the clinical picture may be masked by consciously or non-consciously applied compensatory strategies.
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Yet a definition of what elites actually meant when talking about civilisation iselusive.
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The notion of exactness of an endomorphism extends easily to non-measure-preserving, non-singular maps even though a satisfactory definition of nonsingular entropy is stillelusive.
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