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elusive

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elusive /iˈluːsɪv/ adjective
elusive
/iˈluːsɪv/
adjective
Learner's definition of ELUSIVE
[more elusive; most elusive]
: hard to find or capture难以发现的;难以捕获的
: hard to understand, define, or remember难以理解的;难以解释的;难以记住的

— elusively

adverb

— elusiveness

noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 7605 COCA: 6930

elusive

adjective

elu·​sive ē-ˈlü-siv How to pronounce elusive (audio)
-ˈlü-ziv
: tending to elude: such as
a
: tending to evade grasp or pursuit
elusive prey
b
: hard to comprehend or define
c
: hard to isolate or identify
elusively adverb
elusiveness noun

Example Sentences

But for all their influence, D.C. lobbyists have failed to attain one elusive goal: public respect. Franklin Foer, New Republic, 25 Mar. 2002 In truth, the ideal of wholly disinterested scholarship—in any field of research—will probably remain an elusive one. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., New York Times, 4 Apr. 1998 His meanings have been known to be elusive, which is why he appeals to pop cryptographers. Sarah Vowell, GQ, November 1998 This boson is so central to the state of physics today, so crucial to our final understanding of the structure of matter, yet so elusive, that I have given it a nickname: the God Particle. Leon Lederman et al., The God Particle, 1993 The truth may prove elusive. the giant squid is one of the ocean's most elusive inhabitants See More
Recent Examples on the Web The truth is that stability has been elusive on the meager wages of a single mom with a GED. Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Quarterback Jaren Hall is elusive and will test the Ducks defense. oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2022 In the dead of winter, when warmth is elusive and colds seem to be overtaking everyone, there’s nothing better. Samin Nosrat, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022 But for too many of these victims, justice is elusive. Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022 The shambles has also made justice elusive in Tarhuna, where leaders on both sides of Libya’s divide are implicated in the Kanis’ rise. New York Times, 31 July 2022 Webb will surely identify lots of new ones, including small Earthlike planets that so far have been elusive. Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Direct physical evidence of this technique has been elusive, but now a small pterosaur from the Jurassic rocks of Germany is helping solve the mystery. Riley Black, Scientific American, 20 July 2022 In recent years, gun control activism has led to some changes to gun laws at the state level, but federal legislation has long been elusive. CBS News, 11 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see elusion

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of elusive was in 1719
TOEFL BNC: 7605 COCA: 6930
elusive

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe, prove難以捉摸;證明難以理解Further movie roles have proved somewhat elusive for the young actor.對這個年輕演員來說,有深度的電影角色有些讓他難以把握。become變得難以捉摸remain一直難以把握ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常難以捉摸a very elusive speaker一個非常難以捉摸的說話者highly十分難以捉摸ever向來極難找到的He was searching for the ever elusive 'perfect job'.他一直在尋找虛無縹緲的“完美工作”。strangely不可思議地難以找到A cure has proved strangely elusive.事實證明極難治瘉,令人不解。notoriously出了名地難以捉摸Truth is a notoriously elusive quality.真理是出了名地難以把握。frustratingly, maddeningly讓人沮喪地難以捉摸;讓人極端困惑The murderer remained frustratingly elusive.兇手仍然踪影難覓,讓人沮喪。

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