| 词汇 | thorny |
| 释义 | thorny adjective uk /ˈθɔː.ni/ us /ˈθɔːr.ni/ thornyadjective (PROBLEM/SUBJECT)[ before noun ] A thorny problem or subject is difficult to deal with: 棘手的，麻烦的 the thorny issue of taxation棘手的税收问题 Complicated and difficult to do advanced ambitious ambitiously another arduous formidable formidably get blood out of/from a stoneidiom grail gruelling onerous onerously overdemanding painstaking picnic toughen trickily tricky tuff ultra-sensitive thornyadjective (PLANT)having thorns: 多刺的;带刺的 a thorny rose bush带刺的玫瑰丛 Parts of plants axil bark bilobed blade bulb caning cascara sagrada corolla endodermis floret inflorescence knot pistil rooty rosella seed coat seed pod sessile sting taproot thorny | American Dictionarythorny adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/ˈθɔr·ni/ having a lot of thorns: Roses are thorny shrubs. A thorny problem is one that is full of difficulties: The thorny issue of illegal immigration remains unresolved. Examples of thornythorny In fact, it was later to become a much thornier issue. 16. The issue of locating community grammars constitutes a much thornier issue. The issue here, of course, is the question of how you define a species, perhaps the thorniest of all problems in the history of biology. The second one is perhaps the thorniest of all and, once he departs from the material culture territory, the author finds himself on somewhat shakier ground. Within the area of research into language contact, one of the thorniest problems facing scholars has been the question of the epistemological borders between different phenomena. Clearly, if the assumption were correct, turning off a ventilator raises thorny problems for the criminal lawyer. Among the difficulties facing the endeavours represented by the above papers, perhaps the most thorny is that of the role of criticism. The lucid exposition of these long-standing and thorny debates should prove a sure way to undergraduates' hearts, whatever their creed. There is an important section on the thorny issue of assessment and how it could become more person-focused. The third text, c, offers more thorny problems. The reader will learn all he could want to know about all previous and current estimates on this thorny subject. The main study is a serviceable little project, which looks at the way different people use some thorny concepts. None the less, intercultural communication often runs into the notoriously thorny problem of ethical relativism. One had many small branches and was named thorny diffuse. The same thorny problems that plague fairly pricing deposit insurance plague fairly pricing the performance guarantee. See all examples of thorny These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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