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illusive

/ih-loo-siv/US // ɪˈlu sɪv //

虚幻的,难以捉摸,捉摸不定的,捉摸不定

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : illusory.

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Examples

  • Bragman says Johnson has that illusive “it” factor that everyone wants.

  • It may be conjectured that this hope was illusive, for Bragg had exceedingly accurate sources of information.

  • "He loves to call a football an 'illusive spheroid,'" chuckled another chap.

  • But happiness is as illusive as time, and is proved as perspicuously to be but a thing of memory, by the same venerable saint.

  • How he sickened for the bright translucent waters of the mirage, though he knew them false and illusive as a dream!

  • Nor has any obscure, mysterious, or illusive point in history been cleared up by the spirits.