中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.闪避的，逃避的。
2.无从捉摸的，油滑的；容易忘记的。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.

skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline

making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
同义词：baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough,

difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"

difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
同义词：subtle,

"Elusive" was the first single for British singer-songwriter Scott Matthews and was released on 18 September 2006. The single received much airplay from BBC Radio DJs Jo Whiley, Dermot O'Leary, and Zane Lowe between August 7?10; Lowe played "Elusive" once each night as his chosen Single of the Week.

例句与用法

The answers lord sought were still elusive .
洛德寻找的答案仍然显得捉摸不定。

Direct proof of the mechanism of adhesion is quite elusive .
直接证明粘结的机理是十分困难的。

He spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal .
他花了一年的功夫去勘探那种很难到手的金属。

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。

Finding a vaccine for plasmodium has been an elusive goal .
寻找防治疟原虫的疫苗，一直是个难于达到的目标。

Excessive worrying about an elusive public image was the order of the day .
过分为一个朝生暮死的公众形象担心就是今天的风尚。

Empirically, the distinction between active and idle balances is elusive .
在实际生活中，活动余额和闲置余额的区别是难以捉摸的。

Empirically, the distinction between active and idle balance is elusive .
在实际生活中，把货币分为活动余额和闲置余额是难以捉摸的。

Although he spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal, he met only with failure .
尽管他花了一年的功夫去勘探那种很难到手的金属，却落得个两手空空而归。

The water was still booming in the night, the moon was fair, the hills beyond were elusive .
湖水在黑夜中正发着隆隆的轰鸣声，月色皎洁，那边的山头则暮色正浓。