tortuous ['tɔ:tʃuəs]
参考词典中tortuous的常规释义：
基本释义
- a. 扭曲的,弯曲的,罗唆的,欺骗的
词形变化
- 名 词：tor'tu·ous·ness副 词：tor'tu·ous·ly
参考例句
- Tortuous legal procedures.
复杂的法律程序 - Tortuous reasoning.
曲折推理 - History follows a tortuous course.
历史的进程是曲折的。 - A tortuous plot;tortuous reasoning.
变化多端的情节;曲折推理 - 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。
- Tortuous legal procedures.
英英解释
3个形容词解释
- highly complex or intricate
[同] convoluted, involved, knotty, byzantine, tangled, tortuous
[例]- the Byzantine tax structure
- 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
- marked by repeated turns and bends
[同] tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding
[例]- a tortuous road up the mountain
- winding roads are full of surprises
- had to steer the car down a twisty track
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- not straightforward
[例]- his tortuous reasoning
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