elusive
日本語WordNet
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
JMdict
AIによる解説
Elusive. Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; hard to define, understand, or remember.
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Equality remains an elusive ideal, and activists combat discrimination systematically to ensure all individuals receive humane treatment.
平等は捉えどころのない理想であり続け、活動家はすべての個人が人道的な扱いを受けることを保証するために差別と戦う。
The internist noted that the laboratory findings were consistent with autoimmune disease, albeit the specific etiology remained elusive despite extensive diagnostic evaluation.
内科医は、検査所見が自己免疫疾患と一致していたが、広範な診断評価にもかかわらず特定の病因は不明のままであったと指摘した。
The negotiations collapsed acrimoniously. This development dashed hopes for peace, suggesting that reconciliation remains elusive despite years of diplomatic efforts and goodwill gestures from both sides.
交渉は険悪に崩壊した。この展開は平和への希望を打ち砕き、双方からの何年にもわたる外交努力と善意のジェスチャーにもかかわらず和解が困難なままであることを示唆した。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz