tortuous

  暢通詞匯  
['t??t?u?s]     ['t??rt?u?s]    
  • adj. 彎曲的;曲折的;轉彎抹角的
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tortuous的英文翻譯是什么意思,詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯:

詳盡釋義

adj. (形容詞)
  1. 陰險的
  2. 不正直的
  3. 拐彎抹角的
  4. 彎彎曲曲的
  5. 迂回曲折的
  6. 【植】扭曲的
  7. 繞圈子的
  8. 含混不清的
  9. 不正當的
  10. 冗長(cháng)費解的
  11. 盤(pán)旋的
  12. 騙人的
  13. 委婉的(話(huà))

英英釋義

Adjective:
  1. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;

    "the Byzantine tax structure"
    "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"
    "convoluted legal language"
    "convoluted reasoning"
    "the plot was too involved"
    "a knotty problem"
    "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"
    "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"
    "tortuous legal procedures"
    "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

  2. marked by repeated turns and bends;

    "a tortuous road up the mountain"
    "winding roads are full of surprises"
    "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

  3. not straightforward;

    "his tortuous reasoning"

tortuous的用法和樣例:

例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)
  1. It took all he could do to keep his cart from going over in the tortuous mountain trails.
    他竭盡全力才算保住大車(chē),沒(méi)有在曲曲彎彎的山路上翻倒。
  2. History follows a tortuous course.
    歷史是循著(zhù)一條曲折的道路發(fā)展的。
  3. We still have a long and tortuous road to travel.
    我們還要走一條漫長(cháng)而曲折的過(guò)路。
  4. But the negotiations proved long and tortuous.
    但談判還是轉彎抹角地拖了很久。
  5. Never mind the tortuous explanation;tell me in plain English, are you coming or not?
    別轉彎抹角地解釋了,直率地告訴我,你來(lái)不來(lái)?

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經(jīng)典引文

  • The route from Avebury is slow and tortuous.

    出自: W. Horwood

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