For example, let's address the elephant in the room and discuss the redundancies.

比如，我们来处理棘手问题吧，讨论裁员。

They're looking to confront a more insidious threat, the rise of global temperatures.

他们希望应对一个更棘手威胁——全球气温上升。

And here we stray into the thorny territory of medical ethics.

由此我们进入了理棘手领域。

I see, that sounds tricky. And what kitchen appliance have you chosen?

这样啊，听起来挺棘手。你选了什么厨房用具？

That really is a sticky wicket. I would not want to be in your position.

那确实挺棘手。我不想遇上你这样情况。

Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers.

这一个棘手行业，却不断地雇用观点总体上使客户恼怒雇员。

Brains may decay first, but decaying guts are much worse.

大脑会最先腐，内脏腐更棘手。

That may be a legally sensible approach to a knotty question combining genetics, economics and ethics.

这也许对此涉及遗传、经济和理棘手案件比较合法合理解决方式。

There are one or two tricky sections, but nothing too challenging.

这里有一到两个棘手关卡，没有什么特别有挑战性。

Well, that's the sticky one. It's going to need a lot of research.

棘手就这一点，我还需要多做一些调查。

It was a sticky situation — neither side would agree on who caused the accident.

这一个棘手情况，双方在事故责任方问题上无法达成一致。

But this is where it gets tricky.

这却棘手地方。

That's a tough call. What do you think?

这真个棘手问题。你怎么看？

It is tricky to tell them apart.

要把它们区分开来很棘手一件事。

At the same time, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions about homework.

同时，该政策没有处理家庭作业真正棘手问题。

The situation in Argentina has proven less convenient than predicted.

阿根廷情况比预计棘手。

Some pretty difficult things like women who've been trafficked.

有些项目非常棘手，比如解救被拐卖妇女。

Today we talk about avoiding difficult subjects.

今天我们要谈论如何避免棘手话题。

And if so, how do we address the caged elephant in the room?

如果这样，我们该如何解决这个棘手问题呢？

And that's why this outline is considered the trickiest.

这就为什么提纲被认为最棘手。