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

• China and neighboring countries promoted the integration process and worked together to solve many thorny issues.
  促进了互利合作，推进了地区一体化建设，共同努力妥善处理和解决地区的热点问题。
• 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。
• The roses are thorny. Take care not to prick your hands.
  玫瑰有刺，小心扎手。
• The thorny problem of what happens when the boss is absent.
  老板不在时情况会怎样这一棘手问题。
• Another thorny issue involves controlling inflation in the face of emerging market forces.
  另一棘手的问题涉及在市场力量形成的同时控制通货膨胀。
• In a specification of hundreds of pages, consistency is a thorny problem.
  在一部有着数百页的规格说明里，一致性是一个棘手的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• In most of the developed world, immigration is a thorny problem; it must be curbed and controlled.
  时过境迁，在大多数发达国家，移民已成为一个棘手的问题：对它必须加以限制和控制。
• 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。