tortuous
['tɔ:tjuəs]
adj.弯曲的, 曲折的, 转弯抹角的
例句与用法:
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。
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?
Full of twists and turns; tortuous.
弯弯曲曲的; 迂回的充满弯曲和拐弯的; 曲折的
A tortuous road through the mountains.
山中的一条蜿蜒的道路
词形变化:
副词: tortuously | 名词: tortuousness |
a.
1. (道路等)迂回曲折的
2. 【植】扭曲的
3. 罗嗦的; 不正直的; 绕圈子的
4. 阴险的
tortuous['tɔ:tjuəs; -tʃu-]adj.1.■弯曲的,扭曲的,曲折的;弯弯曲曲的2.■转弯抹角的,不直截了当的;复杂的3.■不正直的,不诚实的,耍花招的;居心叵测的;欺骗的;不正当的
tortuoustortuous[ˈtɔ:tjuəs]adj.1.■弯曲的, 曲折的, 盘旋的2.■居心叵测的, 骗人的; 委婉的; 不正当的
继承用法tortuouslyadv.tortuousnessn.1.■曲折, 弯曲
[ˈtɔːtʃʊəs, -jʊəs]
adjective
- 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。
tortuosity
( pl. -ies)
noun(pl. -ies)
tortuously
adverb
tortuousness
noun
语源
- late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tortuosus, from tortus 'twisting, a twist', from Latin torquere 'to twist'
- The two words tortuous and torturous have different core meanings. Tortuous means ‘full of twists and turns', as in a tortuous routeTorturous means ‘involving or causing torture’, as in a torturous five days of fitness trainingIn extended senses, however, tortuous is used to mean ‘excessively lengthy and complex’ and hence may become indistinguishable from torturous: something which is tortuous is often also torturous, as in a tortuous piece of bureaucratese their way had been tortuous and very difficult Something which is torturous need not necessarily also be tortuous, however, but the overlap in sense has led to tortuous being sometimes used interchangeably with torturous, as in he would at last draw in a tortuous gasp of air
tortuous
形容词 tortuous:
highly complex or intricate
同义词:Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled
marked by repeated turns and bends
同义词:twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous
not straightforward
tortuous
■P.C's Tortuous Exploration of Chinese Political Life after P.R.
- 建国后我党对国家政治生活主题的曲折探索 The C.
■On copyright problem in the case of ETS test tortuous behavior
ETS试题侵权案相关著作权问题探讨
■Spurred by handbills which stated that agricultural workers were badly needed in California, the Joads, along with thousands of others, made their tortuous way, in a worn out vehicle across the plains toward the mountains.
一路上看到许多传单说加利福尼亚迫切需要农业工人。受到这个消息的鼓舞,乔德一家乘着一辆老掉牙的车子与成千上万的人家一起沿着曲折的道路,超过平原走向山区。
■In the third phase of socialist construction, "educational revolution" was successful on one hand, and tortuous on the other hand.
三是社会主义建设时期“教育革命”的政治运动化,既有成功和发展,更有曲折和教训;
■The next key to control movement around the need control box in a tortuous route to enter the final red base next arrival clearance.
上下左右键控制移动,需要操纵方块在曲折的路线中进入最终的红色基地到达下一关。
■In the first half of the year, the relations between big countries traveled a tortuous road, showing fairly sharp contradictions.
上半年,大国关系经历了一些曲折,矛盾比较尖锐;
■In a word, Myanmar has a tortuous, slow but coherent process of modernization.
不对之处,敬请各位方家批评指正。
■The evolution of the system of prefectural commissioner's office was, on the whole, a reflection of this tortuous historical process.
专员区公署制推行与变改的演变,大致反映了这一曲折的历史进程。这一曲折进程中所折射的政府与法制的关系问题,足以引人深思。
■World multipolarization and economic globalization are making tortuous progress.Seeking peace and development and promoting cooperation and progress have become an irreversible historical trend.
世界多极化、经济全球化在曲折中发展,谋求和平与发展、促进合作与进步已成为不可阻挡的历史潮流。
■The world is marching toward brightness and progress. The road is tortuous, but the future is bright.
世界正向着光明和进步的目标迈进。道路是曲折的,前途是光明的。
■The world is marching toward brightness and progress. The road is tortuous, but the future is bright. The forces for peace, justice and progress are invincible after all.
世界正向着光明和进步的目标迈进。道路是曲折的,前途是光明的。和平的力量,正义的力量,进步的力量,终究是不可战胜的。
■China information industry has followed a long and tortuous course in its development process.
中国信息产业的发展,走过一个漫长而曲折的历程。
■China DTV develops in arduous and tortuous
中国数字电视在博弈中前行
■China is a country which has more than one billion people and dozens of nationalities and which has traversed a tortuous road over the more than 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic.
中国有十亿多人口,几十个民族,建国后三十多年又经历了曲折的历史,
■The Tortuous Course of the Road for China's Socialist Construction
中国社会主义建设道路的曲折历程
■Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程。
■The trend of the relationship between human belief and nature system is always tortuous.
人类信念与自然系统之间的走向关系总是迂回的。
■They walked through the tortuous streets of the old city.
他们步行穿过老城区中心弯弯曲曲的街道。
■They climbed along the tortuous mountain trail.
他们沿着崎岖的山路攀登。
■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。
■The Iraqi War has not changed and will further weaken the US Dollar's international status, but the decline of the hegemony of US Dollar will he a long and tortuous process.
伊拉克战争没有改变而且将削弱美元的国际地位,但美元霸权的衰落是一个长期和曲折的过程。
■But the schism could bring a tortuous legal conflict over tens of millions of dollars-worth of church property.It could also bring some deliciously comic scenes.
但教会分裂可能会因价值上亿的教会财产引起法律纠纷,也可能有引人发笑的闹剧上演。
■But as we have often said, while the road ahead is tortuous, the future is bright.
但是,像我们常说的那样,道路总是曲折的,前途总是光明的。
■But the negotiations proved long and tortuous.
但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。
■We could also feel more deeply tortuous step of China" s society and civilization, advanced intellectuals" fates and hesitant psychology.
体会那个时代以王韬为代表的先进知识分子在巨变之际的命运和彷徨迷惘的复杂心态。
■Sources for history of lead poisoning:"History of Childhood Lead Poisoning"Herbert Needleman"Childhood Lead Poisoning: The Tortuous Path from Science to Policy"David C.
你可能会问为什么,为什么我们会在废除铅涂料这件事上比澳大利亚和许多欧洲国家晚了55年?
■As an important part of law of tort, joint tortuous legal system has a significant research value in the practice of civil adjudgement.
共同侵权法律制度作为侵权法的一个重要组成部分,在民事审判实践中具有重要的研究价值。
■Other smallish government-run export zones followed in the 1980s, but they were dogged by poor infrastructure and tortuous bureaucratic regulations.
其它一些小型的国营出口商业区在20世纪80年代相继建成,但苦于被薄弱的基础设施和繁冗的官僚主义规定所累。
■Is sure not place passes another vehicle in the tortuous path or the near summit, must observe the traffic signal which along the way sees.
切勿在弯路或近山顶之处超车,要遵守沿途看见的交通标志。
■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?
■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?
■Future is always shining while processes are always tortuous.
前途是光明的,道路是曲折的。
■In the same time, Jackie Chan, brilliant pool player, winds up in jail after a tortuous and dramatic serie of events that unwillingly led him to murder.
剧情描述黄伟(梁家辉饰)为了追查杀死未婚妻父亲的凶手而故意犯罪入狱,在狱中,他碰到了因为各式各样原因入狱的人。
■A review of these 13 years shows that we have traversed a tortuous course and that our achievements are hard won. We have responded confidently to a series of unexpected international events bearing on China's sovereignty and security.
十三年来,我们思想统一,目标明确,工作扎实,取得了重大的历史性成就。
■A TORTUOUS COURSE OF BATTLING FOR THE PUNJABI LINGUISTIC PROVINCE
印度锡克教徒建立语言邦的曲折历程
■History[Revolution]always follows a tortuous course[road].
历史[革命]总是走一条曲折的道路。
■History follows a tortuous course.
历史是循着一条曲折的道路发展的。
■The dual key would prove to be a frustrating impediment to protecting the Bosnians, but it marked another step in the long, tortuous process of moving Europe and the UN to a more aggressive posture.
双钥体制将被证明是对保护波斯尼亚人的一个阻碍,但它标志着在推动欧洲和联合国采取更积极态度的漫长而又艰辛的过程中又前进了一步。
■a tortuous plot; tortuous reasoning.
变化多端的情节;曲折推理
■It's just that somewhere along the tortuous path of invention, putting the blinds online seemed the most feasible and elegant way to solve my problem.
只不过,当我在这条发明之路上龟速前行时,我才发现,若要解决问题,把百叶窗连上线,似乎是最可行也最漂亮的方法。
■At the same time, the thesis studies not only systematically the imputation principle, conditions, counterplea and civil liability of tortuous liability, but also legal risk faced by CPA.
同时,本文结合审计业务的操作程序,系统的研究了该侵权责任的归责原则,构成要件、民事责任的承担形式以及抗辩事由和注册会计师的法律风险防范。
■And EU countries should be held to the commitment they all made in October 2005, no matter how long and tortuous the process proves.
同时,欧盟国家应该兑现他们在2005年十月的承诺,不管这个过程多长,多曲折。
■Tracing back through the development in the 20(superscript th) century, there are hardships, endured a tortuous bitterness, and also the brilliant achievements for consolation.
回顾20世纪的发展轨迹,有筚路蓝缕的艰辛,有曲折动荡的苦涩,也有辉煌成就的慰藉。
■Retrospecting the tortuous historical development of our country,we further realize the significance of Liang Qicao's academy and thinking.
回顾百年来我国社会曲折发展的历史进程,更会觉得梁启超学术与思想具有久远的时代意义。
■Retrospecting the tortuous historical development of our country, we further realize the significance of Liang Qicao's academy and thinking.
回顾百年来我国社会曲折发展的历史进程,更会觉得梁启超学术与思想具有久远的时代意义。
■A review of these 3 years shows that we have traversed a tortuous course and that our achievements are hard won.
回首这三年,我们走过的道路很不平坦,成绩来之不易。
■A review of these 13 years shows that we have traversed a tortuous course and that our achievements are hard won.
回首这十三年,我们走过的道路很不平坦,成绩来之不易。
■Longitudinalcheng he solid throughout, folding fighting snake river, tortuous.
固城河纵贯全境,河道斗折蛇行,迂回曲折。
■Guotai Junan researcher, said Tao Wei, no matter how tortuous half-way process, the listing of the Group as a whole is almost certain, the sky of the current price is well worth the investment point.
国泰君安研究员魏涛称,不管中途过程如何曲折,集团整体上市几乎是可以肯定的,因此,云天化目前的价格是不错的价值投资点。
■The south Sudanese government in Juba, which had mediated tortuous talks between Uganda and the LRA for two years, had recently been angered by LRA attacks inside its own semi-autonomous region.
在朱巴的南苏丹政府两年来一直在协调乌干达与LRA之间困难重重的和谈,但该政府最近却由于LRA在南苏丹自治区采取的攻击而被惹恼。