convoluted

英 ['kɒnvəluːtɪd] 美 ['kɑːnvəluːtɪd]

• adj. 旋绕的；费解的
• 动词convolute的过去式和过去分词.

英英释义

Adjective:

1. rolled longitudinally upon itself;

   "a convolute petal"
   

2. 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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. For us, justice is only an aspiration because we don't have the money to get through the convoluted legal system that seems to have been built to help lawyers make money.
   对我们来说，公正仅仅是一种渴望，因为我们没有钱去完成令人费解的法律过程，这个法律体系看起来似乎是为了帮助律师赚钱而建立起来的。

经典引文

• Elaborately convoluted fire-irons.

  出自： M. Laski

• A convoluted statement of wonderful circularity.

  出自： B. Castle

词汇搭配

• convolute 盘旋

近反义词

【近义词】

• detailed 详细的
• complicated 复杂难懂的
• troublesome 令人烦恼的
• involved 涉及的
• knotty 有结的
• Byzantine 拜占庭的
• tortuous 弯曲的
• tangled 纠缠的
• convolute 盘旋