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

• The Volvo sale also raises some thorny issues for Ford.
  出售沃尔沃也给福特带来了一些棘手的问题。
• The concept has fascinated security experts, but there are thorny technical problems.
  这个理念令安全专家深深着迷，但其中也存在棘手的技术难题。
• 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 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。
• There are still a few thorny questions, many of which will not be answerable for some time.
  现在还有一些问题没有得到解答。一个最重要的就是一个游戏在不同手机的表现差距多少？
• 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 roses are thorny. Take care not to prick your hands.
  玫瑰有刺，小心扎手。
• 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。
• Unquestionably, a variety of thorny statistical issues are involved in the analysis of data obtained by the authors.
  无可非议，对作者获得的数据进行分析涉及各种棘手的统计问题。
• China's cityscape of the problem is that we have to face one of the thorny problems.
  当前我国城市风采的题目就是我们不得不面对的棘手困难之一。