thorny

adj.

1. 棘手的；麻烦的；引起争议的
   causing difficulty or disagreement
   1. a thorny question/issue/problem
      棘手的问题
2. 有刺的；多刺的
   having thorns
   1. a thorny bush
      有刺的灌木

1. ADJ (植物、树木)带刺的，多刺的
   A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns.
   1. ...thorny hawthorn trees.
      长满刺的山楂树
2. ADJ-GRADED (问题)棘手的，复杂难解的，令人头疼的
   If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it.
   1. ...the thorny issue of immigration policy...
      移民政策这个棘手问题
   2. It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem.
      我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。

1. It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem.
   我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。
2. The roses are thorny. Take care not to prick your hands.
   玫瑰有刺，小心扎手。
3. The concept has fascinated security experts, but there are thorny technical problems.
   这个理念令安全专家深深着迷，但其中也存在棘手的技术难题。
4. It helps answer many thorny questions related to SOA: What services are available?
   这可帮助回答很多有关SOA的问题：提供了哪些服务？
5. In a specification of hundreds of pages, consistency is a thorny problem.
   在一部有着数百页的规格说明里，一致性是一个棘手的问题。
6. How exactly these private dancers know which hotel rooms to visit, though, has become a thorny question.
   可是，这些私人舞女究竟是怎样知道该去哪个旅馆房间的现在却成了一个棘手的问题。
7. For a start, there are thorny issues arising from the Smith recommendations.
   首先，史密斯的建议将引发一些棘手的问题。
8. In Japan, though, this is proving a particularly thorny problem.
   然而在日本，事实证明这是一个尤其棘手的问题。
9. A broad question& but also a thorny one in this circumstance.
   这是一个很宽泛的问题，但考虑到提问背景，这也是一个很尖锐的问题。
10. There are still a few thorny questions, many of which will not be answerable for some time.
    现在还有一些问题没有得到解答。一个最重要的就是一个游戏在不同手机的表现差距多少？
11. Recruiting from outside the family, however, remain a thorny issue.
    然而，在家族之外进行招聘仍然是个棘手的问题。
12. Tax arbitrage has always been a thorny issue.
    税收套利一直是个棘手的问题。
13. The Volvo sale also raises some thorny issues for Ford.
    出售沃尔沃也给福特带来了一些棘手的问题。
14. Like the rest of Europe, they also face the thorny issues of immigration and integration.
    与欧洲其他国家一样，它们也面临移民和一体化等棘手问题。
15. Moreover, Chinese firms must wrestle with thorny regulatory and political issues.
    更为突出的是，中国人的公司必须与难搞的监管和政治事项相角力。
16. Race relations in the US continue to be a thorny problem. Racism remains a touchy issue.
    美国的种族关系一直是棘手的问题。种族主义可是个要小心处理的问题。
17. The stems are as thick as a man's finger and very thorny.
    “玫瑰巨人”的枝干多刺，粗细和男人的手指差不多。
18. Its relations with international rulemakers can be thorny: think of the World Trade Organisation.
    美国与国际规则制定者之间的关系常常很棘手：例如和世界贸易组织。
19. Thorny issues such as women's role in agriculture and land tenure rights must also be tackled.
    还必须解决女性在农业中的作用以及土地权等棘手的问题。
20. The thorny problem of what happens when the boss is absent.
    老板不在时情况会怎样这一棘手问题。
21. The so-called puppy love problem is a thorny issue for all teachers.
    老师们大都把早恋看作一个棘手的问题。
22. A thorny question handled by consumer councils is the public relations and advertising strategies of the tobacco industry.
    消费者委员会处理的一个麻烦问题是烟草公司采取的公关和广告策略。
23. In most of the developed world, immigration is a thorny problem; it must be curbed and controlled.
    时过境迁，在大多数发达国家，移民已成为一个棘手的问题：对它必须加以限制和控制。
24. Unquestionably, a variety of thorny statistical issues are involved in the analysis of data obtained by the authors.
    无可非议，对作者获得的数据进行分析涉及各种棘手的统计问题。
25. I require you to send someone to deal with this thorny issue as soon as possible.
    我要求你们尽快派人处理这个棘手的问题。
26. The thorny question of states 'rights.
    关于国家权利的棘手问题。
27. Now we come to the thorny question of cost.
    现在我们来讨论成本这个棘手的问题。
28. China and neighboring countries promoted the integration process and worked together to solve many thorny issues.
    促进了互利合作，推进了地区一体化建设，共同努力妥善处理和解决地区的热点问题。
29. China's cityscape of the problem is that we have to face one of the thorny problems.
    当前我国城市风采的题目就是我们不得不面对的棘手困难之一。
30. Another thorny issue involves controlling inflation in the face of emerging market forces.
    另一棘手的问题涉及在市场力量形成的同时控制通货膨胀。

adj

1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
   1. a horse with a short bristly mane
   2. bristly shrubs
   3. burred fruits
   4. setaceous whiskers

   Synonym:    barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburrypricklysetosesetaceousspiny

2. bristling with perplexities
   1. the thorny question of states' rights