thorny

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantsthornythorn‧y /ˈθɔːni $ ˈθɔːrni/ adjective 1 → a thorny question/problem/issue etc2 HBPa thorny bush, plant etc has thorns —thorniness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusthorny• He may touch on several thorny border issues, such as immigration, sewage management and economic development.• Scritch, scratch, scramble, through the thorny bushes!• It is here that some of the thorniest decisions arise about choice and independence.• The ongoing success of his department validated his approach to the thorny problem of appraising individual effectiveness.• None of these struck me as particularly penetrating answers to a thorny problem.• The three still have to sort out the thorny question of who will run the centre and where it will be.• Before me lay a deep gulley choked with oleanders and thorny scrub, which descended precipitously down to the private beach.

单词	thorny
释义	thorny From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantsthornythorn‧y /ˈθɔːni $ ˈθɔːrni/ adjective 1 → a thorny question/problem/issue etc2 HBPa thorny bush, plant etc has thorns —thorniness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusthorny• He may touch on several thorny border issues, such as immigration, sewage management and economic development.• Scritch, scratch, scramble, through the thorny bushes!• It is here that some of the thorniest decisions arise about choice and independence.• The ongoing success of his department validated his approach to the thorny problem of appraising individual effectiveness.• None of these struck me as particularly penetrating answers to a thorny problem.• The three still have to sort out the thorny question of who will run the centre and where it will be.• Before me lay a deep gulley choked with oleanders and thorny scrub, which descended precipitously down to the private beach.
随便看	at the opposite end of the scale at the opposite end of the scale/spectrum at the opposite end of the spectrum at the opposite extreme at the other extreme at the other/opposite extreme at the outset at the outside at the peak of at the peak of something at the periphery at the periphery at the periphery of at the pinnacle of at the pinnacle of something at the pit of your stomach at the push of a button at the push of a button at the races at the ready at the rear at the rear of at the risk of doing at the risk of doing something at the roadside