| 词汇 | thorny |
| 释义 | thornyWord family adjectivethornedthornlessthornsetthornythornproofnounthorninessthornbackthornbillthornbirdthornbushthornhedgethornproofsthorntreethorn Plants thorn·y /ˈθɔːni $ ˈθɔːrni/ adjectiveadj 1 a thorny question/problem/issue etc COMPLICATEDa question etc that is complicated and difficult 棘手的问题 the thorny question of immigration policy 移民政策这个棘手的问题 Examples from the Corpus a thorny question/problem/issue etc• Melding the top managements also would be a thorny issue.• None of these struck me as particularly penetrating answers to a thorny problem.• In addition, sending encrypted data over international boundaries represents a thorny issue: it is still illegal in some countries. 2. HBPa thorny bush, plant etc has thorns 〔灌木、植物等〕有刺的，多刺的 —thorniness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus thorny• He may touch on several thorny border issues, such as immigration, sewage management and economic development.• Scritch, scratch, scramble, through the thorny bushes!• It is here that some of the thorniest decisions arise about choice and independence.• The ongoing success of his department validated his approach to the thorny problem of appraising individual effectiveness.• None of these struck me as particularly penetrating answers to a thorny problem.• The three still have to sort out the thorny question of who will run the centre and where it will be.• Before me lay a deep gulley choked with oleanders and thorny scrub, which descended precipitously down to the private beach. |
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