difficult to find, define or achieve难找的；难以解释的；难以达到的- Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found.埃里克总是这样神出鬼没，哪儿也找不着。🔊🔊
- the elusive concept of ‘literature’“文学” 这一难以解释的概念
- A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving elusive.有毒废料这个问题证明难以解决。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- Further movie roles have proved somewhat elusive for the young actor.对这个年轻演员来说，有深度的电影角色有些让他难以把握。
- He was searching for the ever elusive ‘perfect job’.他一直在寻找虚无缥缈的“完美工作”。
- Sleep was strangely elusive.睡眠是奇怪得难以定义的事情。
- The murderer remained frustratingly elusive.凶手仍然踪影难觅，让人沮丧。
- Truth is a notoriously elusive quality.真理是出了名地难以把握。
Topics Difficulty and failurec1Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbSee full entry Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin elus- ‘eluded’ (from the verb eludere) + -ive.