| 单词 | 棘手 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔CAN/CAN'T〕The young teacher wasn't equipped to deal with such a difficult class. 这位年轻的老师无力对付如此棘手的班级。朗文写作活用〔CONFUSED〕New evidence has provided a clue to one of the most baffling crimes the police have had to deal with. 新的证据为警方历来遇到的最棘手的案件之一提供了线索。朗文写作活用〔DEAL WITH〕It's a tough job but I'm sure he'll cope. 这工作很棘手，但我肯定他能应付。朗文写作活用〔DIFFICULT〕Until now both candidates have avoided talking about the touchy subject of health care reform. 两位候选人直到现在仍在避免谈及医疗保健改革这一棘手话题。朗文写作活用〔PROBLEM〕O'Neill had been in tight corners before, but never as tight as this one. 奥尼尔以前遇上过麻烦，但不像这次那么棘手。朗文写作活用〔PROBLEM〕The government opened up a can of worms when it decided to reorganize the education system. 政府决定改革教育制度时突然发现有一大堆棘手的问题要处理。朗文写作活用〔PROBLEM〕The infection can be particularly troublesome if it affects the lungs or throat. 感染的部位如果是肺或咽喉，就会变得格外棘手。朗文写作活用〔SOLVE〕It's a tough case but I'm determined to crack it. 这是个棘手的案子，但我一定要侦破它。朗文写作活用〔SOLVE〕The disposal of toxic wastes is one of the most intractable problems facing industrialized societies. 有毒废料的处理是工业化社会所面临的最棘手的问题之一。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕This is a really tough assignment, and I believe you're the only person who can handle it. 这是个很棘手的任务，我相信你是唯一一个能应付的人。朗文写作活用〔accordingly〕It is a difficult job and they should be paid accordingly.这是份棘手的工作，他们应得到相应的报酬。柯林斯高阶〔adroit〕She became adroit at dealing with difficult questions.她变得非常善于处理棘手问题。剑桥高阶〔awkward〕He was put in the awkward position of having to write the memo.他遇上了棘手的事情：不得不写备忘录。韦氏高阶〔awkward〕Luckily nobody asked any awkward questions about what he was doing there.幸运的是，没人问起有关他在那儿做什么事的棘手问题。麦克米伦高阶〔be no stranger to sth〕He is no stranger to hard work.棘手的工作他见得多了。剑桥高阶〔be too hot to handle〕For many politicians, abortion is an issue that's too hot to handle.对于很多政治家来说，堕胎是个太过棘手的问题。剑桥高阶〔bear〕If you ignore the problem for too long you will have a bear by the tail.要是你老不重视这个问题,事情会变得棘手的。英汉大词典〔bear〕The chemistry test was a bear.这个化学实验很棘手。朗文当代〔beset〕It's one of the most difficult problems besetting our modern way of life.那是困扰我们现代生活方式的一个最棘手的问题。牛津高阶〔bitch〕Divorce is a bitch.离婚是一件棘手的事。韦氏高阶〔bit〕We may have a bit of a problem on our hands.我们手头的问题可能有点棘手。牛津高阶〔blind date〕It was a bit tricky introducing a blind date to my boss.给我老板介绍相亲对象有点棘手。外研社新世纪〔case〕Child protection workers were meeting to discuss her case.儿童保护工作者正在开会讨论涉及到她的棘手问题。外研社新世纪〔come〕In the first week, we came up against a pretty tricky problem.我们在第一周就遇到一个相当棘手的问题。麦克米伦高阶〔cope〕The problems were annoying, but we managed to cope.问题很棘手, 但是我们设法处理好了。外研社新世纪〔delicacy〕I need to talk to you about a matter of some delicacy.我需要与你谈个有点棘手的问题。牛津高阶〔delicate〕I need to speak to you about a delicate matter.我要跟你谈一件很棘手的事情。剑桥高阶〔discretion〕She handled the awkward situation with great discretion.她处理那个棘手的情况时非常审慎。韦氏高阶〔do〕If they ask any awkward questions, just let me do the talking.一旦他们提出棘手的问题，就让我来负责回答。剑桥高阶〔either〕If either were killed, delicate negotiations would be seriously disrupted.二人中任意一个遇害，都会严重扰乱本已非常棘手的谈判。柯林斯高阶〔ethical〕The use of animals in scientific tests raises difficult ethical questions.用动物做科学实验引发了棘手的道德问题。朗文当代〔extremity〕He had never been reduced to such an extremity before.他以前从来没有遇到过如此棘手的情况。麦克米伦高阶〔flounder〕She floundered for a moment before answering the awkward question.她在回答那个棘手的问题之前支吾了一会儿。英汉大词典〔forthcoming〕The government spokesman was not very forthcoming on the tough questions concerning budget cuts.政府发言人对削减预算的棘手问题不大愿意提供消息。英汉大词典〔gets on top of you〕Planning their wedding was starting to get on top of them.筹办婚礼对他们来说变得棘手起来。韦氏高阶〔grant〕I grant you (= it is true that), it's a difficult situation but I feel sure he could have handled it more sensitively.不错，这种局面是很棘手，但是我确实觉得他本可以更加理智地来处理。剑桥高阶〔helluva〕I want to share a helluva problem that I've been dealing with.我想聊聊我一直在处理的一个非常棘手的问题。外研社新世纪〔hurdle〕This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face.这也许是我们遇到的最棘手的难题。牛津搭配〔imperfect〕It's an imperfect solution to a difficult problem.对于一个棘手问题，这是个不完美的解决方案。韦氏高阶〔indulgence〕All the pleasures and indulgences of the weekend are over, and I must get down to some serious hard work.周末的快乐时光和享受都结束了，我得认真处理一些棘手的工作。剑桥高阶〔inherit〕The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors.这届政府从前任那里接过了一个非常棘手的烂摊子。柯林斯高阶〔intractable〕The economy still faces intractable problems.经济仍然面临着一些棘手的问题。柯林斯高阶〔intractable〕We are facing an intractable problem.我们面临着一个棘手的问题。剑桥高阶〔issue〕Abortion is always a controversial issue.有争议/引起争论/棘手的问题麦克米伦高阶〔job〕Whoever gets the post has a real job on their hands.不论谁得到这个职位都有很棘手的事要做。麦克米伦高阶〔kettle of fish〕A troublesomely awkward or embarrassing situation.尴尬局面：很麻烦或棘手的尴尬局面美国传统〔killer〕The new project is a killer.这个新项目非常棘手。朗文当代〔last〕The trickiest bits are the last on the list.最棘手的部分列在最后。柯林斯高阶〔line〕He didn't really answer my question—he just handed/gave me some line about how hard it can be to deal with these issues.他并没有真正回答我的问题——只是说了几句解决这些问题可能会多么棘手的话。韦氏高阶〔lot〕It can be a bit difficult when there are two lots of parents involved.有两批家长参与其中，事情可能有点棘手。麦克米伦高阶〔mediate〕Mediating between the two sides in this dispute will be a delicate business.让这一争端中的双方达成协议会是件棘手的事情。外研社新世纪〔messily〕John had been through a messy divorce himself.约翰自己也经历过一次十分棘手的离婚。柯林斯高阶〔muddied〕It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.即使不把宗教牵扯进去，这个问题也已经够棘手的了。柯林斯高阶〔muddy〕It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.即使不把宗教牵扯进去, 这个问题也已经够棘手的了。外研社新世纪〔nettle〕Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。柯林斯高阶〔nettle〕We've got to grasp the nettle of prison reform.我们得抓一抓监狱改革这个棘手的问题。麦克米伦高阶〔over〕She gets unpleasant tasks over and done with as quickly as possible.她会尽快把棘手的任务处理掉。剑桥高阶〔plunge〕It's a difficult situation. You can't just plunge in and put everything right.情况棘手，不是贸然行动就解决得了的。朗文当代〔politically〕Politically and economically this is an extremely difficult question.从政治和经济角度来看，这是一个极为棘手的问题。柯林斯高阶〔prickly〕We finally turned to the prickly question of who was going to pay.最后我们谈到了这个棘手的问题 — 谁来付钱。朗文当代〔problematic〕Education was an increasingly problematic area during the 80s.80年代期间, 教育日益成为一个棘手的领域。外研社新世纪〔problem〕We still haven't sorted out the thorny problem of where exactly the money is going to come from.我们仍未解决这个棘手的问题，就是究竟从何处获得资金。朗文当代〔rehearse〕Anticipate any tough questions and rehearse your answers.预先考虑可能遇到的各种棘手问题，并且自己练习回答。柯林斯高阶〔shot〕This case is going to be tough, but I promise I'll give it my best shot.这个案子很棘手，但我保证会尽力而为。朗文当代〔skirt〕He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement.他避开了最棘手的问题，将精力集中于有可能达成一致的领域。柯林斯高阶〔slippy〕Slippery.光滑的，易滑落的，狡猾的，不可靠的，难处理的，棘手的美国传统〔sod〕It was a real sod of a job.这活儿真是棘手。牛津高阶〔talk through〕We have talked through this tricky problem.我们已经把这个棘手的问题整个儿都讨论清楚了。外研社新世纪〔theatre〕Under her direction, this difficult material is turned into great theatre.在她的指导下，这一棘手的材料变成了精彩的剧作。牛津搭配〔thorny〕Now we come to the thorny question of cost.现在我们来讨论成本这个棘手的问题。麦克米伦高阶〔though〕It might be worth your while to go to court. This is tricky, though, and you'll need expert advice.对你来说这官司或许值得一打，不过这件事有点棘手，你需要专家的建议。柯林斯高阶〔ticklish〕Handling awkward neighbours can be a ticklish business .和难应付的邻居打交道有时是件十分棘手的事情。朗文当代〔touchy〕This is a touchy subject/issue/point, so we'd better avoid it.这是个棘手的话题／问题／一点，我们最好回避。剑桥高阶〔toughness〕Whoever wins the election is going to have a tough job getting the economy back on its feet… 不管是谁赢得选举都将面对复苏经济的棘手任务。柯林斯高阶〔tough〕It was tough, but I managed OK.这事比较棘手, 但我搞定了。外研社新世纪〔tough〕This was tough work.这是棘手的工作。英汉大词典〔tractable〕The problem turned out to be less tractable than I had expected.这个问题最后处理起来远比我预期的棘手。剑桥高阶〔troublesome〕The negotiations have proven more troublesome than any of us expected.谈判比我们所有人事先想象的都要棘手。剑桥高阶〔unscathed〕The tobacco industry escaped unscathed from its toughest legal challenge.烟草业成功逃过了一次最棘手的法律诉讼。外研社新世纪〔vexatious〕This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious (= difficult) problems in the field of industrial relations.这一协议将解决劳资关系中最为棘手的问题之一。剑桥高阶〔vexed〕Economists argue over the vexed question of how to reduce spending.经济学家就如何减少开支这个棘手的问题争论不休。剑桥高阶〔way〕As soon as things got difficult he took the easy way out.事情刚变得有点儿棘手, 他就急忙脱身。外研社新世纪A few confusing questions tripped up the suspect. 几个棘手的问题使嫌犯泄漏了真情。译典通After a week in the new job, I soon realized that I was in over my head.在新岗位上工作了一周之后，我很快意识到自己被卷入了棘手的事情之中。牛津商务Business failure is tough enough without adding family trouble into the mix.不算家庭纠纷卷入其中，企业破产本身就已经够棘手的了。牛津商务For many politicians, abortion is an issue that's too hot to handle.对许多政治家来说，堕胎是个非常棘手的问题。剑桥国际His astute handling of this difficult situation saved her from disaster.他对这一棘手情况的老到处理使她免于陷入危难。剑桥国际I had to field some difficult questions after the presentation.发言之后我不得不回答一些棘手的问题。牛津商务It is almost impossible to skirt the knotty problem. 想回避这个棘手的问题几乎是不可能的。译典通It was then a hard nut to crack. 在那时是一桩很棘手的事。译典通Money policy is fast becoming a hot potato. 货币政策很快地成为一个棘手难题。译典通She's just what we need for a negotiator--she doesn't mind mixing it with the worst of them.她就是我们所需要的谈判人，她不介意与他们中最棘手的人周旋。剑桥国际That was tough work. 那是棘手的工作。译典通The abortion issue is a political hot potato in the United States.堕胎问题在美国是个棘手的政治问题。剑桥国际The continuing search for drugs to combat viral infections presents modern medicine with one of its greatest challenges.对抗病毒性传染的药品的不懈研发是现代医学中棘手的难题之一。剑桥国际The negotiations have proven more troublesome than any of us expected.这次谈判确实比我们任何人期望的都要棘手。剑桥国际These difficult negotiations require a courtly approach.这些棘手的谈判要有不卑不亢的对策才行。剑桥国际They are faced with slippery economic problems. 他们面临棘手的经济问题。译典通We've got a sticky problem to deal with.我们有个棘手的问题要对付。剑桥国际When two of your best friends argue it puts you in a very awkward position.你两个最好的朋友争吵时，你会陷入一个棘手的处境。剑桥国际 |
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