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词典释义:
tortuous
时间: 2023-11-02 19:20:03
托福GRE
英 [ˈtɔːtʃuəs]
美 [ˈtɔːrtʃuəs]

adj. 弯弯曲曲的;曲折的;冗长而繁复的

双语例句
  • He walked through the tortuous corridor to the princess's bedroom.

    他穿过曲折的长廊来到了公主的寝宫。

  • The deal was finally closed after tortuous negotiations.

    经过错综复杂的谈判,这笔买卖终于成交了。

  • The teacher didn't like me to talk to her in this tortuous language.

    老师不喜欢我用这种拐弯抹角的语言跟她说话。

  • He took a tortuous route through back streets.

    他选择穿过偏僻的街道走了一条弯弯曲曲的路线

  • The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.

    惟一的通路是一条弯弯曲曲的山路。

  • Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.

    人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程。

  • The J-15 has followed an even more tortuous route.

    而歼-15有更曲折的历史。

  • The future is bright, but the path ahead will be tortuous.

    前途是光明的,但今后的道路将是曲折的。

  • EUROPE's companies negotiate a costly and tortuous patent regime.

    欧洲企业在设法应对既费用高昂又纷繁复杂的专利制度。

近义词
adj.
同根词

词根 tortuous

  • tortuously adv. 弯曲地;欺骗地;居心叵测地;转弯抹角地

  • tortuosity n. 曲折;弯曲度;迂回曲折

释义
adj.

full of twists and turns

弯弯曲曲的,曲折的

  • the route is remote and tortuous.

    道路偏僻而曲折。

excessively lengthy and complex

冗长而繁复的

  • a tortuous argument.

    冗长的论证。

词源

"late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tortuosus, from tortus ‘twisting, a twist', from Latin torquere ‘to twist’."

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