thorny
thorny 英 [ˈθɔ:ni] 美 [ˈθɔrni]
adj. 多刺的；痛苦的；令人苦恼的
比较级:thornier 最高级:thorniest
- Thorny things are either sharp and spiky, like a thorny briar patch, or troublesome and difficult, like a thorny problem. Either way, they can be painful!
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- adj. 多刺的；痛苦的；令人苦恼的
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1. The American government, like every government, has its share of thorny problems.
美国政府就像每一个政府一样，也有棘手的问题。
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2. The challenges have become far more complex, often entangled with thorny trade issues and the interests of large and powerful industries.
挑战变得更加复杂，往往与棘手的贸易问题和有影响力的大型产业的利益纠缠在 一起。
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3. Here’s another thorny problem facing the new president and his secretary of state, whoever he or she will be.
新任总统以及他的国务卿（不管他或她将是谁）面领着又一个棘手的问题。
- thorny (adj.) Old English þornig; see thorn + -y (2). Figurative sense is attested from mid-14c. Related: Thorniness. Similar formation in Dutch doornig, German dornig. The figurative image is widespread; Greek had akanthologos as a nickname for a quibbler, literally "thorn-gathering," and akanthobates, nickname for a grammarian (fem. akanthobatis).
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