ELUSIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of elusive in English
Examples of elusive
elusive
Philosophical arguments address one of the most fundamental yet elusive questions facing behavioral scientists, namely, what constitutes a disorder?
A precise mechanism and pathophysiology, which could account for this pure deficit, is however, elusive .
Despite the many positive responses to priming in the various crops reported above, the precise mechanisms remain elusive .
As a result, these overlapping groups and contrasting methods of definition have caused the nature and identity of the group to remain elusive .
It is an effective tool for quick title searches, for the output of a publisher, for book series, for pamphlets, for an elusive author.
Evidence as to the underlying mechanisms responsible remains elusive .
Good operational measures of, and data on, asset specificity are notoriously elusive .
An inner logic, elusive and yet compelling, lends an unexpected substance to this work of modest dimensions.
Even in the heyday of one-party states, when heads of state controlled virtually every organ of associational life, the spirit world was always more elusive .
Deep conventions tend to be rather elusive because they are typically practiced by following their corresponding surface conventions.
This is a profound work; its darkly glowing sound invites the listener to return to grasp its themes, at once simple and elusive .
Until such functional mutations are identified, the biological mechanisms underlying the interaction will remain elusive .
Early signs may be subtle and elusive and the clinical picture may be masked by consciously or non-consciously applied compensatory strategies.
Yet a definition of what elites actually meant when talking about civilisation is elusive .
The notion of exactness of an endomorphism extends easily to non-measure-preserving, non-singular maps even though a satisfactory definition of nonsingular entropy is still elusive .
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Translations of elusive
in Chinese (Traditional)
難以描述（或找到、達到、記起）的, 困難的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
难以表述（或找到、达到、记起）的, 困难的…
in Spanish
escurridizo, esquivo…
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indefinível, esquivo, difícil de conseguir…
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tasviri/bulunması/elegeçirilmesi/başarılması/hatırlanması güç, zor bulunan, kaypak…
விவரிப்பது, கண்டுபிடிப்பது, அடைவது அல்லது நினைவில் கொள்வது கடினம்…
svår (omöjlig) att få tag i, gäckande…
unnvikende, forsvinnende, unnalurende…
جس کو سمجھنا اور بیان کرنا مشکل ہو, مغالطے میں ڈالنے والا, جسے حاصل کرنا مشکل ہو…
ускользающий, трудный (для запоминания, описания)…
వివరించడం, కనుగొనడం, సాధించడం లేక గుర్తుంచుకోవడం కష్టం…
ulotny, nieuchwytny, wymykający się…
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