knotty
英 [ˈnɒti]
美 [ˈnɑːti]
adj. 复杂的; 难以解决的; 棘手的; 有节的; 缠绕在一起的
BNC.21895 / COCA.23275
牛津词典
adj.
- 复杂的；难以解决的；棘手的
complicated and difficult to solve- a knotty problem
棘手的问题
- a knotty problem
- 有节的；缠绕在一起的
having parts that are hard and twisted together- the knotty roots of the old oak tree
盘根错节的老橡树根
- the knotty roots of the old oak tree
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 复杂的；难以解决的；棘手的
Aknottyproblem is complicated and difficult to solve.- The new management team faces some knotty problems.
新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
- The new management team faces some knotty problems.
- ADJ 有节的；多节的
Knottywood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.- ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
多节的山楂树干
- ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
双语例句
- Procure a solution to a knotty problem.
解决了一个棘手的问题。 - While in calculation of unsteady state problems, the transient terms are always knotty problems to deal with.
但是在求解非稳态流体流动问题时，对非稳态项的处理一直是个棘手问题。 - Whether the Channel tunnel should be built or not is a knotty point.
该不该修英吉利海峡隧道，是一个难以决定的复杂问题。 - He and the Don had solved many a knotty problem in this room, and so when he saw the Godfather leave the festivities and enter the house, he knew, wedding or no, there would be a little work this day.
他和堂在这间屋子里解决了许多棘手的问题，因此，当他看到教父离开庆典进入那所房子时，他知道，婚礼与否，这天会有一点事情。 - The psychological inversion of the students is a knotty problem in the college ideological and political work.
大学生的逆反心理是高校思想政治工作中比较棘手的一个问题。 - This paper raises knotty problems concerning the translation of the History of Ming Into the vernacular Chinese.
本文就个人翻译《明史》时遇到的一些较为棘手的问题提出来进行讨论。 - I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial.
我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论。 - Under his leadership, many knotty problems were smoothly solved.
在他的领导下，许多伤脑筋的问题都迎刃而解。 - 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。 - He tackled the knotty problem without recourse to any help.
他不依靠任何人的帮助而独立处理这一难题。