elusive

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. difficult to describe (Freq. 1)
- a haunting elusive odor
• Similar to:
unidentifiable
• Derivationally related forms:
elude, elusiveness
2. skillful at eluding capture (Freq. 1)
- "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
• Similar to:
artful
• Derivationally related forms:
elude, elusiveness
3. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
• Syn:
subtle
• Similar to:
impalpable
• Derivationally related forms:
elude, elusiveness
4. making great mental demands;
hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
• Syn:
baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
• Similar to:
difficult, hard
• Derivationally related forms:
toughness (for: tough), problem (for: problematical), problem (for: problematic), knottiness (for: knotty)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough, subtle