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

• Recruiting from outside the family, however, remain a thorny issue.
  然而，在家族之外进行招聘仍然是个棘手的问题。
• Its relations with international rulemakers can be thorny: think of the World Trade Organisation.
  美国与国际规则制定者之间的关系常常很棘手：例如和世界贸易组织。
• Thorny issues such as women's role in agriculture and land tenure rights must also be tackled.
  还必须解决女性在农业中的作用以及土地权等棘手的问题。
• It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem.
  我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。
• 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。
• How exactly these private dancers know which hotel rooms to visit, though, has become a thorny question.
  可是，这些私人舞女究竟是怎样知道该去哪个旅馆房间的现在却成了一个棘手的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。