difficult to find, catch, or achieve 难以分辨(或捉摸、得到)的,易逃脱的 success will become ever more elusive. 成功将变得愈发地难以获得。 ■difficult to remember or recall 难记的;不易想起的 the elusive thought he had had moments before. 他刚才的一个转瞬即逝的想法。
派生 elusively adverb elusiveness noun 语源
early 18th cent.: from Latin elus- 'eluded' (from the verb eludere) + -ive