英语词汇“elusive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e·lu·sive

(ĭ-lsĭv, -zĭv)

adj.

1. Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory: "an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist [himself]" (David Kline).

2. Difficult to define or describe: "Failures are more finely etched in our minds than triumphs, and success is an elusive, if not mythic, goal in our demanding society" (Hugh Drummond).

[From Latin ēlūsus, past participle of ēlūdere, to elude; see ELUDE.]

e·lusive·ly adv.

e·lusive·ness n.

单词	elusive
释义	e·lu·sive (ĭ-lsĭv, -zĭv) adj. 1. Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory: "an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist [himself]" (David Kline). 2. Difficult to define or describe: "Failures are more finely etched in our minds than triumphs, and success is an elusive, if not mythic, goal in our demanding society" (Hugh Drummond). [From Latin ēlūsus, past participle of ēlūdere, to elude; see ELUDE.] e·lusive·ly adv. e·lusive·ness n.
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