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词汇 elusory
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Definition of elusory in English:

elusory

adjective ɪˈluːs(ə)ri
rare

  • Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; elusive.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This freedom, however, proves even more elusory for them than it did for Easy Rider's protagonists, when the supply of dope dries up unexpectedly.
    • In his latest essay, he grapples with the fact that those costs have become painfully evident, and the larger concerns of security, justice and freedom increasingly elusory.
    • He must be one of the most elusory characters in Hollywood.
    • I felt I had truly come to know this contradictory and elusory person and came to have even greater respect for the sweep and magnificence of his achievements
    • In this context, truth was elusory, and scepticism, cynicism, relativism and atheism were present under a veil of orthodoxy.
    Synonyms
    ambiguous, baffling, puzzling, misleading, evasive, equivocal, deceptive

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin elusorius, from Latin elus- 'eluded' (from the verb eludere).
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