Elusive

(adj.) skillful at eluding capture; 'a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist'- David Kline .

(adj.) difficult to describe; 'a haunting elusive odor' .

(adj.) 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' .

手打:奥拉夫

• I might almost say heart-breaking, too, for of all the elusive, disappointing things one ever hunted for that was the worst. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• When Woola had finished his meal I again took up my weary and seemingly endless wandering in quest of the elusive waterway. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The water was still booming in the night, the moon was fair, the hills beyond were elusive. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• At once powerful and elusive, it remained for Professor Morse to capture this wild steed, and, taming it, place it in the permanent service of man. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This philosophy is not only difficult to practice: it is elusive when you come to state it. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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