elusive

/ih-loo-siv/US // ɪˈlu sɪv //UK // (ɪˈluːsɪv) //

捉摸不定的,难以捉摸的,难以捉摸,捉摸不定

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define: an elusive concept.
- : cleverly or skillfully evasive: a fish too elusive to catch.
- : difficult to find: hoping that elusive donors will finally contribute.

adj.evasive, mysterious

Synonyms

For the most part, these mountain lions are staying elusive and sticking to eating their natural prey.
If seed rounds are becoming more elusive, maybe skip on that last hire, extend the runway, and try to gain some revenues.
This allows us to dramatically increase our digital inventory and efficiently offer this incredibly elusive audience to a whole new set of advertisers.
They must make assumptions not only about the virus’s biology, which remains far from fully understood, but about human behavior, which can be even more slippery and elusive.
However, establishing a causal relation between approaches to phonics instruction and gains in real reading has been more elusive.
Huckabee will also need to establish a reliable fundraising base, something that up until now has proved to be elusive.
As far as finally being acknowledged herself with that elusive Academy gold, well, Moore says she would not take it for granted.
There will be a lot of talk about “sustainable” development, but so far that has been elusive.
But the deliverance and liberation that has been longed for by Jews and Christians has proven to be an elusive thing.
They are an elusive bunch, in motion or in the thrall of another time.
That suddenly altered tone had awakened an elusive memory, but neither of them could succeed in identifying it.

/ih-loo-siv/US // ɪˈlu sɪv //UK // (ɪˈluːsɪv) //

捉摸不定的,难以捉摸的,难以捉摸,捉摸不定

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define: an elusive concept.
- : cleverly or skillfully evasive: a fish too elusive to catch.
- : difficult to find: hoping that elusive donors will finally contribute.

adj.evasive, mysterious

Synonyms

For the most part, these mountain lions are staying elusive and sticking to eating their natural prey.
If seed rounds are becoming more elusive, maybe skip on that last hire, extend the runway, and try to gain some revenues.
This allows us to dramatically increase our digital inventory and efficiently offer this incredibly elusive audience to a whole new set of advertisers.
They must make assumptions not only about the virus’s biology, which remains far from fully understood, but about human behavior, which can be even more slippery and elusive.
However, establishing a causal relation between approaches to phonics instruction and gains in real reading has been more elusive.
Huckabee will also need to establish a reliable fundraising base, something that up until now has proved to be elusive.
As far as finally being acknowledged herself with that elusive Academy gold, well, Moore says she would not take it for granted.
There will be a lot of talk about “sustainable” development, but so far that has been elusive.
But the deliverance and liberation that has been longed for by Jews and Christians has proven to be an elusive thing.
They are an elusive bunch, in motion or in the thrall of another time.
That suddenly altered tone had awakened an elusive memory, but neither of them could succeed in identifying it.