thorny

thorny

美 [ˈθɔrni]  英 [ˈθɔː(r)ni]

  • adj.棘手的;麻烦的;引起争议的;有刺的
  • 网络多刺的;痛苦的;辣手

词形变化

比较级:thornier  最高级:thorniest  

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英汉双解

adj.
1.
[ubn]
棘手的;麻烦的;引起争议的causing difficulty or disagreement
a thorny question/issue/problem
棘手的问题
2.
有刺的;多刺的having thorns
a thorny bush
有刺的灌木

英汉解释

adj.
1.
棘手的,困难多的;痛苦的
2.
多刺的,有针的;像刺的
3.
刺丛繁茂的

英英解释

adj.

例句

It's worth carefully cleaning up the indentation and white space before trying to debug a thorny problem.

调试困难问题之前一定安排缩进空白

Lately China has exhibited symptoms of bipolar disorder in its approach to the thorny question of sovereignty over the South China Sea.

最近中国应对南海主权这个棘手问题出现征兆

For instance, Xue said he never expected to face so many thorny issues involving his visa, tax, medical treatment and cultural taboos.

例如薛锐从没预料到会遇到这么棘手事情包括签证税金医疗文化禁忌

Among the most thorny issues, one of these people said, are the terms under which Microsoft would compensate News Corp.

其中一位知情人士棘手问题包括微软新闻集团新闻内容提供补偿条款

While Mom examined the damaged roses, my sisters and I hung back, plotting how to get out of the thorny job.

母亲检查那些蔷薇妹妹们犹豫再三计划怎么摆脱棘手工作

Loch and I stared at the grassy stretch of land, overgrown with weeds, plants and thorny brambles.

呆呆杂草遍地荆棘丛生草地上面从来没有任何房子

When considering a ranking of the greatest fantasy series of all time, the question of Harry Potter is a thorny one.

考虑评选最伟大奇幻作品,《哈利波特这个问题有点棘手

Quantifying return on investment in relation to marketing spend has always been a thorny issue.

如何量化投资回报率相对市场营销支出高低历来棘手问题

The question of what happens to euro-denominated contracts if the euro dissolves is a thorny one.

欧元解体欧元名义签订合同怎么办确实一个棘手问题

Rare earth minerals have been a thorny trade topic for some time, and China has previously promised not to cut supplies drastically.

稀土一直麻烦贸易话题中国以前承诺不会大幅削减供应

And they clothed Him in purple and wove a thorny crown and put it around His head.

他们穿编成荆棘冠冕戴上

If the Fed put the ball back in the government's court, politicians may feel added impetus to deal with thorny economic issues.

如果美联储政府政治家们可能更加感受应对棘手经济问题紧迫性

Facebook's privacy problem has always been a thorny issue.

脸谱网站隐私设置一直一个争议议题

Stylistic translation is an important and yet thorny issue in literary translation.

风格翻译文学翻译一个重要问题也是一个难题

Take the bottom right path and see that the path is blocked by thorny thicket.

小径发现挡住

Other sites are also grappling with the thorny question of what to do with users' information after they die.

其他网站设法解决怎样处理去世用户信息这个棘手问题

Tax arbitrage has always been a thorny issue.

税收套利一直棘手问题

Faber's oilskin caught on a thorny bush and he almost fell before he tugged the material free with a loud ripping sound.

费伯雨衣灌木挂一个趔趄雨衣口子

Mr. Wen also answered questions on protection of intellectual property, which has been a thorny trade issue for several decades.

温家宝回答有关知识产权保护问题数十年来一直是棘手贸易问题

Known to have been cultivated in S China for at least 1700 years. The thornless forms are probably selections from an original, thorny form.

知道中国南方栽培已经至少1700类型或许由来自一个最初祖先

And such discussions were not special; Iraq was just one of many thorny foreign policy issues raised and debated.

类似这种会议并不少见相比他们提出讨论众多棘手外交政策而言伊拉克问题只是沧海一粟罢了

Fly to the ideal move forward, even if the front of the thorny, birds gradually thinning residues, have wings and fly.

为了理想努力向前即使前方荆棘振翅高飞

"When it came to the thorny issues of North Korea's economic opening, they were not able to come to agreement, " Mr. Jo said.

Jo先生谈到朝鲜经济开发这个棘手问题他们无法达成一致

Modern-minded American statisticians also face thorny legal questions: the constitution calls for an "actual enumeration" of the population.

具有现代思维美国统计学面临棘手法律问题宪法规定人口进行真实统计”,意味新潮普查方法容易遭到法院质疑

Nevertheless, the issue of bloggers going on press trips has been a thorny one to address over recent years.

不过博客写手参加体验旅游近几年来一直棘手问题

Jn. 19: 5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the thorny crown and the purple garment. And he said to them, Behold, the man!

十九5耶稣出来荆棘冠冕穿著彼拉多他们看哪这个

The question of 'infantile amnesia' is thorny because it's hard to test whether adults' earliest memories are real or imagined.

`婴儿健忘棘手因为测试坚硬成人早期记忆问题是否真正想象

Maybe, but genetic engineering will have to make some extraordinary advances first. And some thorny ethical issues will have to be resolved.

或许可以前提基因工程首先做出非凡成就必须解决一系列棘手伦理问题

With that thorny issue out of the way the rest followed easily.

这个棘手问题一经解决其余

In fact, it will force you to work out thorny issues like continuous availability during deployments and protocol versioning.

实际上迫使解决一些棘手问题比如部署协议版本期间保持持续可用性

a first meet in the General Assembly negotiations, both sides to take small group meetings to resolve the thorny problem of practice.

碰头一种大会谈判之外双方采取小圈子会议解决棘手问题做法

But any attempt to harness the placebo effect immediately runs into thorny ethical and practical dilemmas.

但是任何利用安慰剂效应企图立即碰到一个棘手道德实际上难题

If you've experienced a similar professional crisis, please weigh in with your suggestions for dealing with these thorny issues.

如果曾经类似职业危机经历欢迎发表对于如何处理这些棘手问题建议

It is a step in the right direction, and a promising start for further discussion on this thorny question.

这时正确方向迈出对于这个复杂棘手问题进一步讨论一个不错开头

I'm not going to venture into the thorny thickets of revisionist history to explore the authenticity of this image.

无意修正主义历史观立场上来辛苦探究图景真相

Pepper as the main sources of livelihood of local farmers, post-harvest transport and sale of pepper pepper growers faced a thorny problem.

花椒作为当地农民主要生计来源收获花椒运输销售成为花椒种植面临棘手问题

Since our previous president had ignored difficult issues with various employees, the new president had to deal with many thorny challenges.

由于前任总裁员工困难不管新任总裁不得不面对很多棘手难题

Intellectual property and public health have always being a thorny issues for the member state of the WTO.

知识产权公共健康问题一直缠绕世贸组织成员国棘手问题

The organizers and participants acknowledge that engagement with an oppressive government is a thorny issue.

组织者参与者承认高压政府斗争一个棘手问题

Things have changed. In most of the developed world, immigration is a thorny problem; it must be curbed and controlled.

时过境迁大多数发达国家移民成为一个棘手问题必须加以限制控制