tortuous

英 ['tɔːtʃuəs] 美 ['tɔːrtʃuəs]

• adj. 弯曲的；曲折的；转弯抹角的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 阴险的
2. 不正直的
3. 拐弯抹角的
4. 弯弯曲曲的
5. 迂回曲折的
6. 【植】扭曲的
7. 绕圈子的
8. 含混不清的
9. 不正当的
10. 冗长费解的
11. 盘旋的
12. 骗人的
13. 委婉的（话）

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. It took all he could do to keep his cart from going over in the tortuous mountain trails.
   他竭尽全力才算保住大车，没有在曲曲弯弯的山路上翻倒。
2. History follows a tortuous course.
   历史是循着一条曲折的道路发展的。
3. We still have a long and tortuous road to travel.
   我们还要走一条漫长而曲折的过路。
4. But the negotiations proved long and tortuous.
   但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。
5. Never mind the tortuous explanation;tell me in plain English, are you coming or not?
   别转弯抹角地解释了，直率地告诉我，你来不来?

经典引文

• The route from Avebury is slow and tortuous.

  出自： W. Horwood

词汇搭配

• tortuous passage 曲折通道
• tortuous channel 弯曲河道
• tortuous flow 紊流

近反义词

【近义词】

• roundabout 绕道的
• crooked 弯曲的
• winding 卷
• twisting 翘曲
• convoluted 旋绕的
• involved 涉及的
• circuitous 迂回的
• indirect 间接的
• complex 复杂的
• complicated 复杂难懂的
• intricate 复杂的
• difficult 困难的
• devious 迂回的
• deceitful 欺诈的
• crafty 狡猾的
• sly 狡猾的
• artful 狡猾的
• voluminous 卷数多的
• Byzantine 拜占庭的
• twisty 弯弯曲曲的
• knotty 有结的
• tangled 纠缠的