tricky
adjective
uk/ˈtrɪk.i/us/ˈtrɪk.i/trickyadjective(DIFFICULT)
B2
If apieceofworkorproblemis tricky, it isdifficulttodealwith andneedscarefulattentionorskill:
难办的;难对付的It's trickytolearntorideaskateboard, but you neverforgethow.学习滑板挺难的,但是一旦学会就不会忘记。
I'm in a trickysituation- whatever I do I'lloffendsomeone.我的处境真有点儿难办——我无论怎么做都会得罪人。
not easy to deal with or understand
- difficultIt's very difficult to find a job in this city.
- hardThe exam was really hard.
- complicatedThe instructions were so complicated I just couldn't follow them.
- complexDesigning a house is a complex process.
- trickyIt's quite tricky getting the puzzle pieces to fit together.
- The company's had some trickyproblemstonegotiateinitsfirstyearinbusiness.
- Heaskedanumberof trickyquestionsthat only adoctorcouldanswer.
- He has adefttouchwith trickypaintingjobs.
- She's veryeasilyoffended, soworkingwith her can be abittricky.
- Theswitchis abittricky toreach.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- obstinately
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy
trickyadjective(DISHONEST)
old-fashioned
likelytodeceivepeople:
欺骗性的;狡猾的;诡计多端的He's a tricky one.他是一个诡计多端的人。
Sly & devious
- artful
- artfully
- artfulness
- backdoor
- calculating
- calculation
- cunning
- cunningly
- devious
- deviously
- deviousness
- ducking
- filthy
- foxy
- guile
- gymnastics
- legerdemain
- Machiavellian
- Machiavellianism
- wily