英 [ˈθɔːni] 美 [ˈθɔːrni]
adj. 多刺的，带刺的；棘手的，麻烦的
比较级thornier或more thorny
最高级thorniest或most thorny
thorny /ˈθɔːnɪ/ [ thornier thorniest ]
形容词 A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns. 带刺的
...thorny hawthorn trees.
…带刺的山楂树。
形容词 If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it. 棘手的
...the thorny issue of immigration policy.
…移民政策这个棘手的问题。
有刺的，具棘的
具棘刺的;棘刺状的
假设不是水位偏高对辣手(Thorny)小强偏袒，全神贯注对待你的客户，就能获得他对你的全部注意力。怎么可能会闪现这样的事势。
... scenario n 剧情说明书，剧本；计划书 thorny 棘手的，难处理的，伤脑筋的；多刺的；痛苦的 proceeding n 动作之过程，进行；举止；做过之事；行为；行动；提出诉讼，控诉；（pl)(社会等活动的）记录；议事录 ...
被剥夺基本权利的,生活水平低下的 thorny adj. 棘手的,麻烦的 blatant adj. 极明显的,公然的 sit-in n.
... scenario n 剧情说明书，剧本；计划书 thorny 棘手的，难处理的，伤脑筋的；多刺的；痛苦的 proceeding n 动作之过程，进行；举止；做过之事；行为；行动；提出诉讼，控诉；（pl)(社会等活动的）记录；议事录 ...
The question of who should pay for reskilling is a thorny one.
谁应该为再培训买单是一个棘手的问题。
The coming use of autonomous vehicles, for example, poses thorny ethical questions.
例如，即将投入使用的自动驾驶汽车带来了棘手的伦理问题。
At the same time, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions about homework.
与此同时，该政策并没有解决关于家庭作业的真正棘手的问题。
On the thorny subject of Jewish settlements, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for both sides to deal with the issue in negotiations.
VOA : standard.2009.11.16
Historian Marc Masurovsky is co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (SAYING) Masurovsky often turns to Spiegler to discuss thorny legal and ethical questions.
VOA : standard.2010.07.26
There are widespread controversies about it, and many of the courses you would take in law school are meant to try to get to the bottom of these thorny questions.
这个问题有很多争议，法学院的很多课都旨在,把这些棘手的问题弄得水落石出。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The secretary reportedly has been trying to mediate between Kurdish leaders and the central government in Baghdad, over a thorny territorial dispute over the oil-rich region of Kirkuk.
VOA : standard.2009.07.29
If it's a thorny problem we are assured the Good Lord will resolve what man cannot.
The answer might be almost anything touched with genius and a strange, thorny, dashing humor.
As semiconductors shrink to ever-smaller process geometries, the challenges of manufacturing them become increasingly thorny.