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

• 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。
• 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。
• Like the rest of Europe, they also face the thorny issues of immigration and integration.
  与欧洲其他国家一样，它们也面临移民和一体化等棘手问题。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem.
  我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。
• 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。
• A thorny question handled by consumer councils is the public relations and advertising strategies of the tobacco industry.
  消费者委员会处理的一个麻烦问题是烟草公司采取的公关和广告策略。
• 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。