| 释义 |
Definition of elusory in English: elusoryadjective ɪˈluːs(ə)ri rare Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; elusive. Example sentencesExamples - This freedom, however, proves even more elusory for them than it did for Easy Rider's protagonists, when the supply of dope dries up unexpectedly.
- In his latest essay, he grapples with the fact that those costs have become painfully evident, and the larger concerns of security, justice and freedom increasingly elusory.
- He must be one of the most elusory characters in Hollywood.
- I felt I had truly come to know this contradictory and elusory person and came to have even greater respect for the sweep and magnificence of his achievements
- In this context, truth was elusory, and scepticism, cynicism, relativism and atheism were present under a veil of orthodoxy.
Synonyms ambiguous, baffling, puzzling, misleading, evasive, equivocal, deceptive
Origin Early 17th century: from medieval Latin elusorius, from Latin elus- 'eluded' (from the verb eludere). |