elusive
adj. 難以捉摸的; 不易記住的; 逃避的; 難以找到的
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.
在倫敦,深夜時難以打到計程車,而且車費非常貴。
1. difficult to describe;
2. skillful at eluding capture;
3. be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind;
Despite all their efforts, success remained elusive.
儘管他們做了種種努力, 成功的把握還是不大.
Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.
翻譯時設法把握住原文中難以捉摸的風韻.
Russia's future is less predictable and modernisation more elusive than either was a decade ago.
俄羅斯的未來越發不可預測,而十年前,現代化更是讓人難以琢磨.
Unfortunately, this aspect of style is more elusive.
不幸地是在這個方面是相當難以琢磨的.
And that bottleneck will make type growth rates elusive.
而這種瓶頸將讓中國式的增長速度顯得不可思議.
adj. 無從捉摸的
intangibleimpalpableimponderablebafflingpuzzlingundefinable
adj. 閃避的,逃避的
toeelyevasiveslipperyelusoryfleetingcatchhard
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