他避开了最棘手的问题，将精力集中于有可能达成一致的领域。He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement.他和我把这个棘手的问题整个儿都讨论清楚了。He and I have talked through this whole tricky problem.即使不把宗教牵扯进去，这个问题也已经够棘手的了。It's diffic...

“棘手的”的英语可以翻译为：intractable，knotty，spiny，stubborn，involved ...