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nettlesome

/net-l-suhm/US // ˈnɛt l səm //UK // (ˈnɛtəlsəm) //

棘手的问题,棘手的,棘手的事,棘手的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to cope with a nettlesome situation.
    • : easily provoked or annoyed: to become nettlesome over trivial matters.

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Examples

  • The process was designed to iron out kinks in nettlesome budgets, not necessarily major social programs.

  • Thus we see that it becomes a type of those little nettlesome worries of life that exasperate the spirit.

  • These trials are the more nettlesome because, like Paul's thorn, they are not to be mentioned.