棘手

That's a sticky issue, says a well-placed Democrat.

这才是棘手问题。一个消息灵通的民主党官员这样表示。

Then there is the cementing of the wellhead, a process which is necessarily tricky.

接着是油井井口的水泥灌浆，这是一项相当棘手的任务。

Answering these questions is not the toughest thing I have to do today, but it's harder than, say, answering the emails whee people tell me they loved my last post and I'm great.

回答这些问题并不是今天我要做的最棘手的一件事，但是，相比起回复那些人们告诉我他们喜欢我的上封信的邮件，那已经是困难多了，但是我很喜欢。

For some people whiplash can be a real problem.

对部分人来说挥鞭样损伤是个棘手的问题。

When I turned round, I found that she had whipped off to avoid awkward questions.

当我转回身时，我发现她为了逃避一些棘手的问题已匆匆离去。

Protect the town from outlaws in this wild west game - reloading your gun is a bit tricky.

保护城市，从歹徒在这个野生西游戏-换料你的枪是有点棘手。

I was so embarrassed. So I said to Winona, What do you think?

我很棘手。于是我对薇诺娜说：你怎么想？

As early as 1872, German chemist Adolf Von Baeyer was investigating the recalcitrant residue that gathered in the bottom of glass-ware that had been host to reactions be-tween phenol (a turpentine-like solvent dis-tilled from coal tar, which the gas-lighting industry produced in bulk) and formalde-hyde (an embalming fluid distilled from wood alcohol).

早在1872年，德国化学家阿道夫？冯？拜耳就在研究主要由酚（从煤气照明工业大批量产出的煤渣中提炼的类似松节油样的溶剂）和甲醛（从本醇中提炼的防腐液体）之间的反应所产生聚集在玻璃器皿底部的棘手的残渣。

He said that Benedict's visit also raised his profile, especially his willingness to address tough issues such as the sexual abuse scandal that has wrack ed the American Catholic Church in recent years.

他表示教皇到访也使他更愿意就一些棘手问题发表讲话，如近年来困扰着美国天主教堂的性虐丑闻。

Professor Yuen: This is a very difficult question.

袁教授：这个问题也很棘手。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！