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

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

A cure for the disease has proven to be elusive.
the elusive key to corporate success
The fox is a sly elusive animal.
The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature.
The team came within one game of the elusive state championship.
We repeatedly tried to contact the manager, an elusive man who was never in his office.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Even a relatively modest addition to the liberal framework, universal health coverage, remains elusive.
I can find the Big Dipper, but the North Star can be elusive.
Most students find that the first job does eventually come along, and even that elusive Equity card is attainable.
The nature of things was to be elusive.

Longman Language Activatordifficult to find► be difficult to find/hard to find

if someone or something that you need is difficult to find or hard to find , you cannot easily find them because there are not many of them or they are well hidden: · Taxis are hard to find at that time of night.· What we wanted was a house with a big garden -- something that was difficult to find in the middle of a city.

► elusive

an elusive person or animal is difficult to find, often because they do not want to be found: · The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature.· A cure for the disease has proven to be elusive.· We repeatedly tried to contact the manager, an elusive man who was never in his office.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as

· Pressure on staff resources also continues to increase, and the goal posts remain as elusive as ever.· It is hard to pin down something as elusive as a good school climate.· For it is the personality of Law that has remained as elusive to historians as it was to his own contemporaries.· Drug dealers can prove just as elusive.· He's at least five years younger than her and he has an ironic smile as elusive as hers is guileless.· But Arthur's success remains as elusive as the court of the Faerie Queene.· Victory for the Allies remained as elusive as ever, despite some 250,000 casualties.

► more

· Wet sand can be moulded, whilst dry sand is much more elusive.· As Christmas drew nearer, sleep became more elusive.· She was cleverer than either of them, more elusive, more fragile.· But all attempts to harness and control this most perplexing of natural phenomena have proven far more elusive.· Indices of success in compliance systems are more elusive for field staff to attain than in sanctioning systems.· The customers spilled all over the place; the electricity proved more elusive.· But what she has come up with in Jazz is wilder, more elusive than in any previous work.· However, we spotted its calf frisking among the trees and it was more elusive.

► most

· Organising yourself Of all study skills, perhaps the most elusive is the ability to organise and manage time effectively.· Culture is the most important yet most elusive dimension of work.· That, of all people, the most elusive one should suddenly materialise to help her.· The most elusive culprit remains the built-in contradictions of the capitalist system.

► so

· This enabled the establishment of a critical position in relation to science which for Adorno remained so elusive.· This reflects Warltire's peripatetic way of life, which in turn explains why precise biographical details are so elusive.· So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive.· It was the cure that was so elusive.

NOUN► quality

· Looking at the might-have-beens of stylistic variation is a way of making the elusive quality of good writing open to inspection.· They have that elusive quality called narrative momentum.· He had that elusive quality so distinctive of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.· This is the elusive quality which record companies look for.· Thousands of young hopefuls were interviewed but none possessed the elusive qualities Selznick sought.· The result is a slightly elusive quality which is part of its singular attraction.· Mary Scott's work has the elusive quality of a childhood memory.

单词	elusive
释义	elusivee‧lu‧sive /ɪˈluːsɪv/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A cure for the disease has proven to be elusive. the elusive key to corporate success The fox is a sly elusive animal. The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature. The team came within one game of the elusive state championship. We repeatedly tried to contact the manager, an elusive man who was never in his office. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Even a relatively modest addition to the liberal framework, universal health coverage, remains elusive. I can find the Big Dipper, but the North Star can be elusive. Most students find that the first job does eventually come along, and even that elusive Equity card is attainable. The nature of things was to be elusive. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatordifficult to find► be difficult to find/hard to find if someone or something that you need is difficult to find or hard to find , you cannot easily find them because there are not many of them or they are well hidden: · Taxis are hard to find at that time of night.· What we wanted was a house with a big garden -- something that was difficult to find in the middle of a city. ► elusive an elusive person or animal is difficult to find, often because they do not want to be found: · The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature.· A cure for the disease has proven to be elusive.· We repeatedly tried to contact the manager, an elusive man who was never in his office. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as · Pressure on staff resources also continues to increase, and the goal posts remain as elusive as ever.· It is hard to pin down something as elusive as a good school climate.· For it is the personality of Law that has remained as elusive to historians as it was to his own contemporaries.· Drug dealers can prove just as elusive.· He's at least five years younger than her and he has an ironic smile as elusive as hers is guileless.· But Arthur's success remains as elusive as the court of the Faerie Queene.· Victory for the Allies remained as elusive as ever, despite some 250,000 casualties. ► more · Wet sand can be moulded, whilst dry sand is much more elusive.· As Christmas drew nearer, sleep became more elusive.· She was cleverer than either of them, more elusive, more fragile.· But all attempts to harness and control this most perplexing of natural phenomena have proven far more elusive.· Indices of success in compliance systems are more elusive for field staff to attain than in sanctioning systems.· The customers spilled all over the place; the electricity proved more elusive.· But what she has come up with in Jazz is wilder, more elusive than in any previous work.· However, we spotted its calf frisking among the trees and it was more elusive. ► most · Organising yourself Of all study skills, perhaps the most elusive is the ability to organise and manage time effectively.· Culture is the most important yet most elusive dimension of work.· That, of all people, the most elusive one should suddenly materialise to help her.· The most elusive culprit remains the built-in contradictions of the capitalist system. ► so · This enabled the establishment of a critical position in relation to science which for Adorno remained so elusive.· This reflects Warltire's peripatetic way of life, which in turn explains why precise biographical details are so elusive.· So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive.· It was the cure that was so elusive. NOUN► quality · Looking at the might-have-beens of stylistic variation is a way of making the elusive quality of good writing open to inspection.· They have that elusive quality called narrative momentum.· He had that elusive quality so distinctive of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.· This is the elusive quality which record companies look for.· Thousands of young hopefuls were interviewed but none possessed the elusive qualities Selznick sought.· The result is a slightly elusive quality which is part of its singular attraction.· Mary Scott's work has the elusive quality of a childhood memory. 1an elusive person or animal is difficult to find or not often seen: She managed to get an interview with that elusive man.2an elusive result is difficult to achieve: She enjoys a firm reputation in this country but wider international success has been elusive.3an elusive idea or quality is difficult to describe or understand: For me, the poem has an elusive quality.—elusively adverb—elusiveness noun [uncountable]
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