Smell, however, is a highly elusive phenomenon.
然而，气味是一种非常难以捉摸的现象。
Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.
翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
Both of us are biologists, so we swerved to talk about the elusive chameleon.
我俩都是生物学家，便转而去讨论这难以捉摸的变色龙。
Even if these peripheral details are a bit elusive, they come back readily in hypnosis or when we relive the event imaginatively, as in psychodrama.
即使这些边缘的细节有点难以捉摸，但当我们处于催眠状态中或在脑海里重温该事件时，它们很容易被记起，比如在心理剧中。
Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found.
埃里克总是这样神出鬼没，哪儿也找不着。
In Denver late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap.
在丹佛，深夜出租车很难找，而且绝不便宜。
The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord.
美国国务卿与俄罗斯外交部长会晤，试图确定这项表述模糊的协议。
This often increases the number of individuals collected and attracts species that are otherwise elusive.
这通常会使收集到的个体数量增加，并吸引其他难以捕捉的物种。
Unfortunately, it is in the nature of the archaeological evidence, which is almost invariable only a sample of what once existed, that such figures will always be elusive.
不幸的是，从考古学证据的性质来看，这类人物总是难以捉摸的，因为考古学证据几乎是一成不变的，只是曾经存在过的东西的一种样品。
心流是一个难以捉摸的状态。
但先前技术有时难以捉摸。
Objective worthiness is more elusive.
客观的值得更难捉摸些。
You know he's one of those elusive guys.
他是一个难以捉摸的家伙。
But the man himself has remained elusive.
但是他自己还是让人难以捉摸。
For example, how to kill that elusive deer?
例如，如何杀死行踪迷离的鹿？
Mass production, however, has proved elusive.
大批量生产已证明很难。
She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name.
她并不知道，这感觉太微妙，难以捉摸，无法去描述。
Terry works hard at her elusive dream of oil-lessness.
特里很努力地来实现这个不使用石油的梦。
To a woman, the quintessential male is unknowable, elusive.
在女人看来，典型的男人是不可知，不可捉摸的。
It's no wonder that quality sleep is sometimes elusive.
因此怪不得高质量的睡眠有时候很难以理解的。
Soon my father appeared as elusive as a distant mirage.
很快，父亲的身影变成了一个遥不可及的幻影。
To read them is to know these elusive figures a little better.
读了这些文章，会使你对这两位难以捉摸的人物多些了解。
Besides, imagine if you really did find that elusive escape.
再说，想象下你找到了一种逃脱之路。
Implementing a solution has been elusive for many companies.
实施这样的方案对于很多公司来说是很难着手的。
This elusive, almost invisible quality was more than a mere habit.
这种捉摸不透的无形品质不仅仅只是一个习惯。
But the chances of seeing these elusive clouds are increasing.
但是观察这一行踪不定的云层的机会正在增加。
But the chances of seeing these elusive clouds are increasing.
但是观察这一行踪不定的云层的机会正在增加。
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