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。
This means the elusive A-list couple spends more than half a million dollars on childcare each year!
这意味着这对夫妇在照顾孩子们这一方面每年要花至少50万美元。
On FRIDAY afternoons, residents of Washington, DC, often find a clear route out of the city as elusive as a deal to cut the deficit.
每个星期五的下午，华盛顿特区的居民都会看到一条清晰的线延伸至市外，这条线如同削减赤字的协议一般难以描述。
The experts stressed, however, that the evidence of a link remains elusive and more research is needed to further explore the possible risk.
然而，专家强调，证明这个联系的证据还很难捉摸，需要更多的研究进一步探索出可能的危害。
MANY of the most delightful pieces in the Tate show of art by Cy Twombly, an elusive American artist commonly described as a post-Abstract Expressionist, are among his least familiar works.
泰特美术馆眼下举办的美术展中，一位令人难以理解的美国艺术家塞•托姆布雷，他被泛称为后抽象表现主义者，其所参展的作品大都是不被人们熟悉的。
Smell, however, is a highly elusive phenomenon.
然而，气味是一种非常难以捉摸的现象。
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。
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。
This elusive, almost invisible quality was more than a mere habit. Self-effacement was the essence of his technique.
这个令人难以捉摸、无形的特点不仅仅是一个习惯，低调是其处事为人的根本。
Although the elusive "cure" may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing.
尽管难以捉摸的“治愈”仍可能是一个遥远的梦想，然而正确理解癌的本质，能使人类能较好的控制癌症并减少其威胁性。
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。
Understandably, we were not exposed to inmates directly; instead, we had to peek through small openings and Windows to get a hint of their elusive presence.
可以理解，我们并没有直接暴露在囚犯的面前。相反，我们必须通过小孔和窗户来少许了解这些难以捉摸的囚犯。
In a given year, this elusive ideal might require more violinists, goalies, aspiring engineers or students who can pay the full cost of attendance.
在某一年，这个难以捉摸的理想，可能需要更多的小提琴手，守门员，有抱负的工程师或学生谁可以支付出席的全部费用。
Wildlife was also elusive: I spotted a water buffalo, a couple of goats, several egrets and kingfishers but not one - in the fabled Land of a Million Elephants - elephant.
野生动物也难觅踪影：我看见一只水鸟、两头山羊、几只白鹭和翠鸟，但是在这个号称有百万大象的地方，连一头大象也没有看到。
Even today, while we've witnessed stupendous progress and the resolution of problems many thought beyond reach, a final assessment of string theory remains elusive.
即使今天，当我们目击了弦理论的惊人进展和许多还未实现的好想法，弦理论的终点还是无法捉摸。
I think there's a number of reasons that can help us explain this elusive phenomenon.
这种难以理解的现象之所以产生，我认为有一系列的原因。
It is elusive to think that even a fraction of your business analysts will be able to master all these concepts.
即使你的若干业务分析师决心去掌握所有这些概念，它也是难以思考的。
Men like to pursue an elusive woman like a cake of wet soap — even men who hate baths.
男人喜欢追逐那些象弄湿了的香皂般令人难以捉摸的女人——哪怕是讨厌洗澡的男人。
Peaceful contact proved elusive, but those encounters helped the agents stitch together a profile of a man with a calamitous past.
和平交谈变得难以捉摸，但是这些遭遇使专家们拼凑出了一份有关此人悲剧过去的简介。
A 2020 target for cutting emissions is even more important but elusive.
截至2020年的减排目标尽管更加重要却也更加模糊。
But evidence of a crime or a violation of House rules remains elusive.
但他构成犯罪或违反众议院规则的证据尚未找到。
For decades then, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive.
几十年来，一直存在着一种僵持局面：有着合理追求的两族人民，因各自的痛苦历史而使妥协可望不可及。
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。
The search for a market that pays the highest price has historically been elusive .
可以说，寻找一个可以支付最高价格的市场在历史上都是很难把握的。
Precisely because global warming is so, well, global, potentially touching just about every corner of the world and every aspect of our lives, encapsulating it in a single image has proven elusive.
因为全球变暖是一件，全球性的，影响着世界各个角落所有人的事情，如果将它压缩到一张图片上显然是不够的。
When a policy fails, reasonable people often disagree about why success proved elusive.
当一项政策失败时，理智的人往往会不同意：成功是很难取得的。
When a policy fails, reasonable people often disagree about why success proved elusive.
当一项政策失败时，理智的人往往会不同意：成功是很难取得的。
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