problematic

adjective
🔊/ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk/
🔊/ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪk/
(also less frequent problematical
🔊/ˌprɒbləˈmætɪkl/
🔊/ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪkl/
)
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  1. difficult to deal with or to understand; full of problems; not certain to be successful造成困难的;存在问题的
    • The situation is more problematic than we first thought.这局面比我们最初想象的更难对付。
    • Which are the most problematic countries in the world for journalists?对于记者而言,世界上哪个国家最有问题?
    opposite unproblematicTopics Difficulty and failurec1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryProblematic is used with these nouns:
    • aspect
    • nature
    • situation
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: via French from late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos, from problēma, from proballein ‘put forth’, from pro ‘before’ + ballein ‘to throw’.