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elusive
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🇺🇸 /ɪlˈusɪv/
🇬🇧 /ɪˈl(j)uː.zɪv/
elusive 是形容“难以抓住、理解、确定或遇见”的词,既可说人或目标躲避追捕,也可说概念、记忆和事物难以捉摸。
💡 记忆钩子
把 elusive 想成一条总从手指间滑走的鱼:追捕时它躲开你,思考时它难以被理解或准确定义,观察时它又很少出现、难以遇见。
📝 学习建议
- 不要把 elusive 只理解成“逃跑的”;它也常形容抽象的概念、答案、记忆或定义难以抓住。
- 学习时可先掌握“难以捉摸”这一核心,再根据上下文理解它是难以抓捕、难以理解,还是难得一见。
📖 中文释义
adj
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core 难以抓捕或掌握📖 指人或目标不断躲避,使人难以抓住、找到或控制;也可以延伸为某件事总是避开人的把握。💡 常用结构是“elusive + 人或目标”,例如表示难以抓捕的罪犯或难以获得的目标。用于具体追捕时,通常带有目标灵活躲避、难以控制的意味。不要只译成“逃跑的”,因为它强调的是“难以抓住”,不一定说明对方正在逃跑。The elusive thief changed cars three times before dawn.那个难以抓捕的小偷在天亮前换了三次车。The team is still chasing its elusive first championship.这支队伍仍在追逐那座一直难以到手的首个冠军。
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core 难以理解或准确定义📖 指某个概念、答案或定义好像就在眼前,却很难清楚地说明、确定或完全理解。💡 常用结构是“an elusive + 名词”,尤其常见于答案、定义、原因、意义等抽象名词前。它强调理解或界定上的困难,不等于这个对象不存在。中文里不要机械译成“模糊的”,因为它还包含“努力寻找却难以抓住”的感觉。The researchers are still searching for the elusive cause of the disease.研究人员仍在寻找这种疾病那个难以确定的病因。A simple answer to the problem remains elusive.这个问题的简单答案仍然难以找到。
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common 难得一见的📖 指某种人、动物或事物很少出现,因此不容易被看见或遇到;它是“难以遇见”这一核心感觉在观察场景中的延伸。💡 常用结构是“elusive + 动物、人物或事物”,表示很少露面或不容易观察到。它不一定表示对象主动躲藏,重点是观察者很难遇见。用于普通事物时,最好确认上下文确实强调稀少或难见,而不是仅仅表示不常见。We were lucky to spot the elusive owl before it flew away.我们很幸运,在那只难得一见的猫头鹰飞走前看到了它。
more elusive
comparative
most elusive
superlative
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 4 组
skillful at eluding capture; - David Kline
同义词集:
elusive
a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist
近似: artful
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; ;
同义词集:
baffling
elusive
knotty
problematic
problematical
tough
a baffling problem
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
a problematic situation at home
近似: difficult, hard
difficult to describe
同义词集:
elusive
a haunting elusive odor
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; ;
同义词集:
elusive
subtle
his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
a subtle difference
that elusive thing the soul
🌳 词源
源自拉丁语 eludere 的过去分词,原义与“躲开攻击、欺骗”有关。
From Latin elusus, past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”).
🔄 变式
more elusive
compar
most elusive
superl
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