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

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。
Reconciling and resolving gem dependencies is something of a knotty problem.
协调和解决gem依赖性是个棘手的问题。
He had to discuss knotty points of Rousseau and Hegel with her.
他不得不和她讨论卢梭和黑格尔的那些深奥问题。
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！
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。
This paper carries out analysis of some knotty problems in the teaching of "the structure of matter" to make numerous teachers and students understand and grasp the key and difficult points of this course.
通过对《物质结构》教学中若干疑难问题的分析，使广大师生能更好理解、掌握这门课程的重点和难点。
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。
With the rapid growth of floating population, the population management has become a knotty problem.
在当今的社会中流动人口的加剧，对人口的管理是一个很难的问题。
Engineers would also have to solve some knotty packaging problems.
还有，工程师也必须能解决某些错综复杂的套装问题。
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。