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

• I now face the knotty question of what to have for breakfast.
  我现在伤脑筋的是不知道早餐吃什么好。
• 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。
• Thank you for the article to help me solve a knotty problem!
  谢谢你的文章帮助我解决了一个棘手的问题！
• It is almost impossible to skirt the knotty problem.
  想回避这个棘手的问题几乎是不可能的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ten years ago when computer came into China, Chinese character coding became a knotty problem.
  在十年以前当计算机进入中国的时候，中国个性编码变成一个有结的问题。
• The chemistry is knotty for me.
  化学对我来说是很复杂难懂的。
• 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。
• He made his mind to solve the knotty problem by himself.
  他下决心自己解决这个棘手的问题。