tortuous中文

adj.
1.彎扭的，曲折的(路、河等)，盤旋的。
2.不正派的，不正當的，騙人的(政策等)。
3.委婉的(話)。adv.
+更多解釋...-ly ,-ness n.

• 46) tortuous:    彎曲的
• a tortuous alley:    曲曲彎彎的胡同
• a tortuous path:    曲里拐彎的小道

例句與用法

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1. But the negotiations proved long and tortuous .
   但談判還是轉彎抹角地拖了很久。
2. Haig kept me informed of his tortuous discussions with nixon on the subject .
   黑格經常向我通報他與尼克松就此問題的曲折磋商情況。
3. There stirred in her a tortuous impulse to push the matter toward decision .
   這件事非得解決不可，她心癢癢地要來試一下，簡直如坐針氈。
4. She went out of the town by a tortuous back street, and drove slowly along, unconscious of the road and the scene .
   她從一條彎彎曲曲的后街出了城，慢慢地趕著車，既無心看道路，也無心看周圍的景色。
5. Life is but a hard and tortuous journey
   人生即是一段艱難曲折的旅程. /人生無坦途

英文釋義

形容詞

1. not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"
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"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
   同義詞：Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled
3. 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"
   同義詞：twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous