0 (of a problem or difficulty) complicated and difficult to solve:
It was a very knotty problem.
1 with a lot of knots:
2 (of a tree or piece of wood) covered with hard, dark areas where branches were joined to the tree:
knotty pine
After all, the paramount merit of his challenges is to highlight the knotty legal cruxes that judges handle by recourse to moral principles.
Search for authority about the knotty points involved showed how little consideration had been given to them in this country.
Most knotty is women's comparatively lesser public influence relative to men.
The striking difference between the inner and outer planets is emphasized, while considerable space is given to the knotty problems attendant upon accretion of planetesimals.
A lengthy exchange of pragmatic arguments, however, can be knotty.
Numerous though the truly knotty cases may be in an immense legal system, they are vastly outnumbered by cases that can be handled readily.
Only by moving in this direction will we be able to resolve these knotty problems effectively.
Perhaps, the answer to the knotty problem of maintaining competency lies in a more holistic view.
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複雜的, 錯綜複雜的, 難於解決的,棘手的…
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复杂的, 错综复杂的, 难于解决的,棘手的…
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enredado, espinoso, nudoso…
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complicado, retorcido, cheio de nós…
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noueux, épineux…
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uzlovitý, sukovitý, nesnadný…
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knudret, indviklet…
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penuh bonggol, sulit…
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