knotty

英 [ˈnɒti]

美 [ˈnɑːti]

adj.  复杂的; 难以解决的; 棘手的; 有节的; 缠绕在一起的

最高级：knottiest　比较级：knottier　

GRE

BNC.21895 / COCA.23275

牛津词典

adj.

• 复杂的；难以解决的；棘手的
  complicated and difficult to solve
  1. a knotty problem
     棘手的问题
• 有节的；缠绕在一起的
  having parts that are hard and twisted together
  1. the knotty roots of the old oak tree
     盘根错节的老橡树根

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 复杂的；难以解决的；棘手的
  Aknottyproblem is complicated and difficult to solve.
  1. The new management team faces some knotty problems.
     新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• ADJ 有节的；多节的
  Knottywood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
  1. ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
     多节的山楂树干

双语例句

• We should meet to discuss knotty problems, and talk them out to a point of mutual understanding.
  我们应该见面讨论棘手的问题，并把它们谈明白，以获得相互理解。
• The chemistry is knotty for me.
  化学对我来说是很复杂难懂的。
• This is a knotty problem.
  这可是件让人挠头的事。
• Connected to this is the knotty matter of division.
  与此相关联的是棘手的除法问题。
• This paper raises knotty problems concerning the translation of the History of Ming Into the vernacular Chinese.
  本文就个人翻译《明史》时遇到的一些较为棘手的问题提出来进行讨论。
• The psychological inversion of the students is a knotty problem in the college ideological and political work.
  大学生的逆反心理是高校思想政治工作中比较棘手的一个问题。
• Reconciling and resolving gem dependencies is something of a knotty problem.
  协调和解决gem依赖性是个棘手的问题。
• The problem of the bad assets is a knotty problem commonly encountered by the banking business of each country.
  不良资产是各国银行业普遍都曾遭遇过的一个棘手问题。
• He had to discuss knotty points of Rousseau and Hegel with her.
  他不得不和她讨论卢梭和黑格尔的那些深奥问题。
• Procure a solution to a knotty problem.
  解决了一个棘手的问题。