His to-do list was dispiritingly inadequate on some of the thorniest problems.

在一些最棘手的问题上，他的待办事项清单令人沮丧地不足。

This is one of the biggest and thorniest questions.

这是现在最大也是最棘手的几个问题之一。

Paradoxically, the thorniest outstanding issue involves Bolivia.

而荒谬可笑的是，最棘手的国家要事却牵涉到了玻利维亚。

Testing performance is one of the thorniest areas of unit testing.

测试性能是单元测试最为痛苦的方面之一。

This has become one of the thorniest issues in the REDD negotiations.

这成为在REDD谈判中的最棘手的问题之一。

You have a reputation for finding a diplomatic solution to people's thorniest issues.

你在帮助别人解决棘手的问题方面有很好的声誉。

The thorniest problem facing the health-care profession is how to strike the right balance between promoting health and curing illness.

对卫生医疗健康行业来说，最棘手的事情莫过于找到保健与医病之间的平衡点了。

It is rich in principles, even as it shunts several of the thorniest issues, such as the proposed integration of rival security forces, into committees.

开罗协定包含许多原则性的条款，却避免了一些棘手的问题，例如有人提出的统一两地对峙的军事力量，并形成委员会。

An agreement on borders could lead to direct talks on the thorniest issues of the conflict, including the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees.

就边界问题达成协议有助于促成双方就最棘手的问题进行直接对话，包括耶路撒冷的地位和巴勒斯坦难民问题。

A lot of commentators make the well-intended point that China should play a bigger. even a central role in helping the world resolve some of the thorniest issues.

我看到，许多评论出于良好的愿望，希望中国站在世界舞台的中心，发挥顶梁柱的角色，帮助世界解决一些难题。

His to-do list was dispiritingly inadequate on some of the thorniest problems, such as nationalising insolvent banks, dealing with toxic assets and failing mortgages.

叫人泄气的是，他的“要做”清单在一些最棘手的问题上却不尽人意，比如对资不抵债银行的国家接管，以及处理有毒资产和违约按揭等问题。

Mr Obama likes to duck the thorniest disputes, for example by leaving it to the National Institutes of Health to decide what kind of embryos can be used in federally-funded experiments.

奥巴马喜欢闪避最棘手的争论问题，比如说，他把哪种胚胎能够用于联邦资助的试验扔给国家卫生研究所，让他们来决定何去何从。