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单词 tricky
释义
trickytrick‧y /ˈtrɪki/ ●●○ S3 adjective (comparative trickier, superlative trickiest) Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Getting everyone to use the new technology will be tricky.
  • Getting the two sides of the mobile to balance is tricky.
  • It would be very tricky to try to stabilize the region without the support of other countries.
  • Refuelling a plane in mid air is a tricky business.
  • Teachers often have to deal with tricky situations such as interviews with angry parents.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But as a headache remedy, caffeine can be tricky to manage.
  • For customers, the choice is trickier.
  • It is not to any degree tricky, subtle, or surreal.
  • Its physical manoeuvrability makes it easy to demonstrate syllable structure or to emphasise tricky bits.
  • Oh, no fault of your own, it's a very tricky role.
  • Some unnecessarily tricky camera work early on is taxing, as is the film's glacial pace.
  • What is a little tricky about Easter is the date, which varies yearly.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not easy to do, understand, or deal with: · a difficult question· The homework was really difficult.· It is difficult to see how peace can be achieved in the region.
difficult. Hard is less formal than difficult and is very common in spoken English: · The test was really hard.· a hard decision· It was hard to forgive him.
very difficult, because you have to use a lot of effort, or because it affects you emotionally: · a tough race· Doctors have to make tough decisions about who to treat first.· The team faces some tough competition.· Life is tough sometimes.
difficult because it is complicated and full of problems: · She had helped him out of a tricky situation.· Merging the two companies was bound to be tricky.
rather difficult to deal with – used especially when something could be embarrassing: · You’ve put me in a very awkward position.· It was getting dark and foggy, which made the rescue even more awkward.
difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way: · I wanted a job that was more challenging.· a challenging piece of music
difficult and tiring, because it takes a lot of effort: · Being a nurse in a busy hospital is a demanding job.· it can be very demanding bringing up young children.
if something seems daunting, you think that it will be difficult and you do not feel confident about being able to do it: · a daunting challenge· The task seemed a little daunting at first.
needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively, especially in order to avoid offending people or causing problems: · This is a very delicate subject, and it can be difficult to talk about it with your parents.· He thanked me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled.
Longman Language Activatorcomplicated and needing a lot of care
a tricky job is difficult to do because it is complicated and you have to do it very carefully: · Getting the two sides of the mobile to balance is tricky.be (a) tricky business (=be difficult to do): · Refuelling a plane in mid-air is a tricky business.
British difficult to do because you have to handle very small objects: · He managed to fix the television, but it was a time-consuming and fiddly job.fiddly to eat/mend/open etc: · I don't like shrimps -- they're so fiddly to eat.
a situation that is difficult to deal with or talk about
a difficult situation or subject is not easy to deal with or talk about, and it makes you feel nervous or unhappy: · Things at home have been very difficult since my father died.be in a difficult position (=to have problems that are difficult to deal with): · Officials say they are in the difficult position of having to implement a law they strongly disagree with.
an awkward situation or subject is difficult to deal with or talk about, especially because it might be embarrassing: · He's at an age when kids start asking awkward questions - like 'Where do babies come from?'
a tricky situation is one that you have to deal with very carefully, because there are a lot of things that could easily go wrong: · Teachers often have to deal with tricky situations such as interviews with angry parents.it could/would be tricky to do something: · It would be very tricky to try to stabilize the region without the support of other countries.
a delicate matter, subject, situation etc is one that you must be very careful talking about or dealing with because you risk offending or upsetting people: · I am seeking your professional advice on a very delicate matter.· Madeline was wondering how to approach the delicate question of her salary with her new boss.
something that is sensitive , such as a political or social problem or a document, is likely to cause trouble or be likely to upset someone: · The team is gathering information on the sensitive subject of child abuse.· The administration claims that the documents contain information of a highly sensitive political nature.
a touchy subject or situation is one that you must be very careful talking about or dealing with because you risk upsetting or offending someone: · Until now both candidates have avoided talking about the touchy subject of health care reform.
informal a political problem that is very difficult for the government to deal with because there is a lot of disagreement about it: · Fortunately for the government, this issue has drawn attention away from the hot potato of funding the London Underground.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=one that is difficult to answer)· That’s a really tricky question.
· This book will show you how to deal with difficult situations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Much more tricky than knowing if you've found a badger sett, is knowing whether or not it is still active.· But deciding when to upgrade software is more tricky.· The May Hill Stakes, frequently an early guide to the following year's Classics, is much more tricky to predict.· The Bureau can make legal demands that MI5 would find much more tricky.· The liberal-historians, on the other hand, tend to find themselves in a somewhat more tricky position.· Also, and this is more tricky, we want to know what Riddle's financial position is.· This was far more tricky than it sounds.· So far, so good: but other objects are more tricky.
· Vans and estates are particularly tricky to repair.· I found uphill kick turns particularly tricky.
· Finding out the exact proportions and method of preparation will take some time and be a very tricky operation.· It is a very, very tricky area of the law.· Male speaker Motor racing is very tricky.· Take Scarlatti, for example; there are some very tricky sonatas which should not sound tricky at all.· Some things are very tricky to explain.· Oh, no fault of your own, it's a very tricky role.· This was going to be very tricky.· He must be very tricky to deal with, she thought darkly.
NOUN
· And on your way upstairs, don't forget the bannisters and those tricky areas in between the rails on your staircase.· It is a very, very tricky area of the law.· The only tricky areas are, of course, anything amiss dead centre - or, of course, anything wrong with the brain.· Music as a background for drama is a much trickier area, but you should err on the side of understatement.· Education is the trickiest area, because of constant arguments over when segregated schooling is justifiable.· This can be a very tricky area as most people are self.conscious in front of the camera.
· Its physical manoeuvrability makes it easy to demonstrate syllable structure or to emphasise tricky bits.· How had Lisa managed that tricky bit at the end of the first act?· The tricky bit is that twist at the end of the first act.· Half way through this tricky bit some one knocked over the light.
· Very tricky business being a private shamus.· Money experts now begin the tricky business of divining the fate of the economy.· Naturally, the tricky business of welding the Germanies together could still bring nasty surprises.· This is tricky business unless you know what you are doing and are very careful.· Detecting them is a tricky business, especially in unfamiliar cultures and languages.· This made communication between O & M and the rest a tricky business, to be handled very carefully.· But running doubles is a tricky business.· Marketing the lottery has always been a tricky business.
· It is a tricky issue that may yet drag on for months.· It is a tricky issue but somewhat irrelevant since almost nobody is that interested in classrooms, least of all television journalists.· Political dilemma Underground work is a tricky issue for all governments.· There are tricky issues of national sovereignty and private / public relationships but they are not insoluble.
· The tricky part was the mower.· The tricky part is tipping the ski at the right angle so all six people drink at the same time without spillage.· It's maintaining the diet for longer and keeping the weight off which is the tricky part.· But the tricky part was taking off and putting on the cables.· The trickiest parts was keeping the feet with their fearsome claws underneath the body while she was lashed up like a parcel.
· Transfer between hierarchies is a complex procedure, often raising tricky questions concerning the loss or preservation of seniority rights.· A tricky question is who qualifies as household help.· Finally, the allocation of the overheads raises some tricky questions.· That went quickly enough with no tricky questions.· The tricky question would be the unit pricing structure.· The trickier question is: can Britain's businesses make the required switch into exports?· He also had to answer some tricky questions from the floor of the historic debating chamber.· Then there is the tricky question of forward market operations.
· A captain goes last on to his ship, but a man goes first into a tricky situation.· But the chilly economic climate has made a tricky situation desperate, in two respects.· The clearer you are about your behavioural rights the better prepared you are to handle tricky situations assertively.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A tough customer, a man to be reckoned with.
  • But he'd take on some one like Glenda Grower, who's a much tougher customer.
  • But the tough treatment was only for tough customers.
  • He's overcome some genuinely tough customers, but Gimenez was abject.
  • He looks a tough customer to deal with.
  • The next, you're making speeches to the wind. Tricky customers, ordinary people.
► be a different/tricky/simple etc proposition
Word family
WORD FAMILYnountricktrickerytricksteradjectivetrickytrickverbtrick
1something that is tricky is difficult to deal with or do because it is complicated and full of problems:  I can get you tickets for the show but it’ll be tricky.► see thesaurus at difficult2a tricky person is clever and likely to deceive you SYN  crafty
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