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

• The new management team faces some knotty problems.
  新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was scowling fearfully, and I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial.
  他皱眉瞪眼，样子很可怕，我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论。
• 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。
• Through the analysis of knotty problems of equivalent balance in senior chemical teaching, the author sums them up from different conditions and gets regular knowledge so as to apply.
  通过对高中化学教学中等效平衡疑难问题的分析，从不同条件下进行归纳和总结，得出规律性的认识，以便应用。
• 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。
• 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 and the Don had solved many a knotty problem in this room, and so when he saw the Godfather leave the festivities and enter the house, he knew, wedding or no, there would be a little work this day.
  他和堂在这间屋子里解决了许多棘手的问题，因此，当他看到教父离开庆典进入那所房子时，他知道，婚礼与否，这天会有一点事情。
• 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。