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

• He nodded his head repeatedly as if he had managed to solve some knotty problem.
  他不住地点着头，似乎幸而弄明白了一个疑难的问题。
• While in calculation of unsteady state problems, the transient terms are always knotty problems to deal with.
  但是在求解非稳态流体流动问题时，对非稳态项的处理一直是个棘手问题。
• 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。
• Engineers would also have to solve some knotty packaging problems.
  还有，工程师也必须能解决某些错综复杂的套装问题。
• He tackled the knotty problem without recourse to any help.
  他不依靠任何人的帮助而独立处理这一难题。
• 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。
• I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial.
  我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论。
• 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。
• The new management team faces some knotty problems.
  新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• 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。