thornier

英 [ˈθɔːnɪə]

美 [ˈθɔrnɪər]

adj.  棘手的; 麻烦的; 引起争议的; 有刺的; 多刺的
thorny的比较级

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。

双语例句

• The enforcement of environmental rules and the establishment of a genuine regulatory regime promise to be much thornier tasks.
  执行环保规定和建立真正的监管体制将是更为艰难的任务。
• Thornier issues include past leaks that have poisoned the soil around ageing and corroded pipelines, refineries and petrochemical plants.
  更棘手的问题包括，过去发生的泄漏毒化了老化和腐蚀的管道、炼油厂和石化厂周围的土壤。
• Investor liquidity is a thornier issue, however.
  不过，投资者流动性是一个更为棘手的问题。
• We'll pay special attention to the programming languages and open source technologies supported on each platform, and how each platform addresses some of the thornier issues of cloud computing.
  我们会特别关注每种平台上支持的编程语言和开放源码技术，以及每种平台如何解决云计算的问题。
• Until now, it has overseen names and performed some other tasks, but has had little involvement in the Internet's thornier issues.
  直到现在，互联网域名与号码分配机构主要在监管名称、和其他一些任务，很少插手互联网比较棘手的问题。
• The bankrupt legal system of our country is not so perfect, legal system of bank bankrupt thus should be thornier.
  我国破产法律体系还不够完善，商业银行破产的法律制度问题当然就显得更加突出和棘手。
• Negotiations with BHP Billiton, however, were proving thornier.
  然而，与必和必拓之间的谈判则显得更为棘手。