elusive

IPA/ɪˈluːsɪv/
KK[ɪlˈusɪv]IPA/ɪˈluːsɪv/

elusive — 形容詞

  • elusivepositive
  • more elusivecomparative
  • most elusivesuperlative

1. describing someone or something that keeps escaping your efforts — whether you a

1.形容詞B2
釋義

難以捉摸

很難找到、達成或理解的

describing someone or something that keeps escaping your efforts — whether you are trying to catch them physically, understand an idea, achieve a goal, or recall a memory.

例句

The snow leopard is an elusive animal native to the mountains of Central Asia.

雪豹是一種原生於中亞山區、難以捉摸的動物。

elusive + animal

Shirin spent years chasing an elusive cure for the rare disease affecting her village.

Shirin 花了多年時間尋找能治療村莊罕見疾病的難以掌握的藥物。

elusive + goal / cure

常見搭配
  • elusive + noun: elusive goal, elusive concept, elusive answer, elusive prey, elusive memory
  • remain + elusive
  • prove + elusive
  • frustratingly elusive
  • notoriously elusive
  • elusive to + [person]
同義詞
  • evasive

    More active and deliberate — a person who is evasive is actively dodging questions or blame, whereas elusive can be neutral.

  • slippery

    Informal; suggests clever escape or avoidance, often of a person who keeps getting away.

  • fleeting

    Emphasises briefness rather than difficulty — something that disappears quickly, not necessarily through active evasion.

  • intangible

    Strictly abstract; for concepts without physical form, lacking the sense of active resistance that elusive carries.

反義詞
  • obvious

    Easily noticed or understood; the opposite of hard to grasp.

  • accessible

    Easy to reach or obtain; the opposite of hard to achieve or find.

  • clear

    Easily understood; the opposite of hard to comprehend.

文法句型

elusive + noun

be/remain + elusive

elusive to + someone (less common)

用法筆記

Frequently placed before a noun (attributive) or after a linking verb (predicative) such as 'remain', 'prove', or 'feel'. The word implies that the target actively resists or evades your efforts — it is not merely difficult, but persistently out of reach.

常見錯誤

The answer was elusive to find.
The answer was elusive.
'elusive' already means 'difficult to find'; adding 'to find' is redundant.
The magician created an elusive image.
The magician created an illusive image.
'elusive' means hard to catch or grasp; 'illusive' means deceptive or unreal. These are easily confused.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

  • frustratingly elusive
  • notoriously elusive
  • famously elusive
  • equally elusive
  • increasingly elusive

常用片語

  • prove elusive
  • remain elusive
  • an elusive quality
  • the elusive nature of

介系詞搭配

  • elusive to
  • elusive for