thorny

英 [ˈθɔːni]

美 [ˈθɔːrni]

adj.  棘手的; 麻烦的; 引起争议的; 有刺的; 多刺的

最高级：thorniest　比较级：thornier　

TOEFLGREIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.18411 / COCA.13200

牛津词典

adj.

• 棘手的；麻烦的；引起争议的
  causing difficulty or disagreement
  1. a thorny question/issue/problem
     棘手的问题
• 有刺的；多刺的
  having thorns
  1. a thorny bush
     有刺的灌木

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (植物、树木)带刺的，多刺的
  Athornyplant or tree is covered with thorns.
  1. ...thorny hawthorn trees.
     长满刺的山楂树
• ADJ-GRADED (问题)棘手的，复杂难解的，令人头疼的
  If you describe a problem asthorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it.
  1. ...the thorny issue of immigration policy...
     移民政策这个棘手问题
  2. It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem.
     我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。

英英释义

adj

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  1. a horse with a short bristly mane
  2. bristly shrubs
  3. burred fruits
  4. setaceous whiskers
  Synonym:barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburrypricklysetosesetaceousspiny
• bristling with perplexities
  1. the thorny question of states' rights

双语例句

• In a specification of hundreds of pages, consistency is a thorny problem.
  在一部有着数百页的规格说明里，一致性是一个棘手的问题。
• For a start, there are thorny issues arising from the Smith recommendations.
  首先，史密斯的建议将引发一些棘手的问题。
• The stems are as thick as a man's finger and very thorny.
  “玫瑰巨人”的枝干多刺，粗细和男人的手指差不多。
• A broad question& but also a thorny one in this circumstance.
  这是一个很宽泛的问题，但考虑到提问背景，这也是一个很尖锐的问题。
• The thorny problem of what happens when the boss is absent.
  老板不在时情况会怎样这一棘手问题。
• In most of the developed world, immigration is a thorny problem; it must be curbed and controlled.
  时过境迁，在大多数发达国家，移民已成为一个棘手的问题：对它必须加以限制和控制。
• In Japan, though, this is proving a particularly thorny problem.
  然而在日本，事实证明这是一个尤其棘手的问题。
• The so-called puppy love problem is a thorny issue for all teachers.
  老师们大都把早恋看作一个棘手的问题。
• Another thorny issue involves controlling inflation in the face of emerging market forces.
  另一棘手的问题涉及在市场力量形成的同时控制通货膨胀。
• Race relations in the US continue to be a thorny problem. Racism remains a touchy issue.
  美国的种族关系一直是棘手的问题。种族主义可是个要小心处理的问题。