thorny
- adj. 多刺的，带刺的；棘手的，麻烦的
[ 比较级 thornier或more thorny 最高级 thorniest或most thorny ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
thorny /ˈθɔːnɪ/ ( thornier, thorniest )
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ADJ A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns. 带刺的
例：...thorny hawthorn trees.
…带刺的山楂树。
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ADJ If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it. 棘手的
例：...the thorny issue of immigration policy.
…移民政策这个棘手的问题。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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On the thorny subject of Jewish settlements, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for both sides to deal with the issue in negotiations.
VOA: standard.2009.11.16
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There are widespread controversies about it, and many of the courses you would take in law school are meant to try to get to the bottom of these thorny questions.
这个问题有很多争议，法学院的很多课都旨在,把这些棘手的问题弄得水落石出。
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Historian Marc Masurovsky is co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (SAYING) Masurovsky often turns to Spiegler to discuss thorny legal and ethical questions.
VOA: standard.2010.07.26
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