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

最高级：knottiest　比较级：knottier　

GRE

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
  1. a knotty problem
     棘手的问题
• 有节的；缠绕在一起的
  having parts that are hard and twisted together
  1. the knotty roots of the old oak tree
     盘根错节的老橡树根

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.
  1. The new management team faces some knotty problems.
     新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• ADJ 有节的；多节的
  Knottywood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
  1. ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
     多节的山楂树干

双语例句

• We should meet to discuss knotty problems, and talk them out to a point of mutual understanding.
  我们应该见面讨论棘手的问题，并把它们谈明白，以获得相互理解。
• This is a knotty problem.
  这可是件让人挠头的事。
• 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。
• 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。
• Procure a solution to a knotty problem.
  解决了一个棘手的问题。
• Engineers would also have to solve some knotty packaging problems.
  还有，工程师也必须能解决某些错综复杂的套装问题。
• With the rapid growth of floating population, the population management has become a knotty problem.
  在当今的社会中流动人口的加剧，对人口的管理是一个很难的问题。
• He nodded his head repeatedly as if he had managed to solve some knotty problem.
  他不住地点着头，似乎幸而弄明白了一个疑难的问题。
• The problem of the bad assets is a knotty problem commonly encountered by the banking business of each country.
  不良资产是各国银行业普遍都曾遭遇过的一个棘手问题。
• The new management team faces some knotty problems.
  新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。