elusive 難以捉摸 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

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

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.

elusive

elusive — 形容詞

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

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤