| 释义 |
tor·tu·ous 英ˈtɔːtʃuːəs美ˈtɔrtʃuəsAHDtôrʹch›-əs ★☆☆☆☆高四ＧＳＴ宝八COCA³⁶⁶⁸⁰BNC²²²²⁹iWeb²⁹⁶⁶¹Economist¹⁷⁹⁰⁵⁺¹⁰
基本英英词源搭配记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
adj.弯曲的⁹;曲折的⁸⁹;转弯抹角的²副词tortuously名词tortuousness
弯曲曲直
Adjective:
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 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 not straightforward;his tortuous reasoning 来自拉丁语 tortus,扭曲的，扭成一团的，词源同 turn,torque.-ous,形容词后缀。引申词义拐弯 抹角的。tortuous passage曲折通道tortuous channel弯曲河道tortuous flow紊流
GRE红宝书tort转, uous－弯曲的
源自tort- 扭曲，twist；tortoise 在蜿蜒的小路上爬，比兔子跑一会就休息还快
tort弯曲+uous→弯曲的方振宇词汇奥秘比较记忆tortuouslyadv.弯弯曲曲地，曲折地；转弯抹角地；复杂地tortuosityn.扭转；弯曲；曲折GRE难词记忆tortuous→tort=twist 扭+uous→扭曲的tort-扭→扭弯，扭曲⇒弯曲-uous形容词后缀…的词根记忆tort弯曲+ uous ⇒弯曲的词根记忆tort+uous=弯曲的近义词 winding卷sly狡猾的twisting翘曲crafty狡猾的artful狡猾的knotty有结的crooked弯曲的complex复杂的devious迂回的tangled纠缠的involved涉及的indirect间接的intricate复杂的difficult困难的deceitful欺诈的roundabout绕道的convoluted旋绕的circuitous迂回的twisty弯弯曲曲的Byzantine拜占庭的voluminous卷数多的complicated复杂难懂的
形容词100%
用作形容词It took all he could do to keep his cart from going over in thetortuousmountain 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。
History follows atortuouscourse.历史是循着一条曲折的道路发展的。
We still have a long andtortuousroad to travel.我们还要走一条漫长而曲折的过路。
But the negotiations proved long andtortuous.但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。
Never mind thetortuousexplanation;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?adj.very twisted
同义词 circuitous,convoluted,indirect,labyrinthine,meandering,serpentine,twisting,windinganfractuous,bent,crooked,curved,flexuous,involute,mazy,meandrous,roundabout,sinuous,snaky,vermiculate,zigzag
反义词 direct,simple,straight,straightforwardeasy,uncomplicated,uninvolveduntwistedadj.complicated
同义词 convoluted,indirect,trickyambiguous,cunning,deceptive,devious,involute,involved,misleading,perverse,roundabout
反义词 straightforwarddirect,easy,straight,uncomplicated,uninvolveduntwisted
agonizingadjective difficult and painful, suffering
disturbing,excruciating,extreme,fierce,harrowing,heart-wrenching,intense,racking,struggling,tearing,tormenting,torturing,vehement,violent
anfractuousadjective winding
bending,circuitous,crooked,curving,indirect,roundabout,serpentine,sinuous,snaky,tortuous,twisted,twisting
byzantineadjective complex
complicated,convoluted,daedal,detailed,devious,difficult,elaborate,intricate,involved,labyrinthine,tortuous
circuitousadjective going around, indirect
ambagious,back road,by way of,circular,collateral,complicated,devious,labyrinthine,long way,long way around,meandering,oblique,rambling,roundabout,tortuous,winding around
complexadjective difficult to understand
Daedalean,Gordian,abstruse,bewildering,byzantine,circuitous,complicated,confused,convoluted,crabbed,cryptic,discursive,disordered,disturbing,enigmatic,entangled,excursive,hidden,impenetrable,inscrutable,interwoven,intricate,involved,jumbled,knotted,knotty,labyrinthine,mazy,meandering,mingled,mixed,muddled,obscure,paradoxical,perplexing,puzzling,rambling,recondite,round-about,sinuous,snarled,sophisticated,tangled,tortuous,undecipherable,unfathomable,winding
convolutedadjective complicated
baffling,complex,confused,elaborate,impenetrable,intricate,involved,labyrinthine,perplexing,puzzling,serpentine,tangled,tortuous And EU countries should be held to the commitment they all made in October2005, 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。 ecocn
The nature of the EU's tortuous decision-making makes that very notion inconceivable.
欧盟制定决策的曲折性正表明了该想法某方观点的消失是不可思议的。 ecocn
The cloning of Dolly was a long and tortuous process.
克隆多莉是一个长期而曲折的过程。 cri
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。 yeeyan
The road is tortuous, but the future is bright.
道路是曲折的，前途是光明的。 putclub
The tortuous development of that concept is a tale close to the French minister’s heart.
“保护责任”概念的发展充满曲折，堪称传 奇，并且深受法国外长库什内喜爱。 ecocn
“ I am out of here,” said Yuni, a musician in his 20s, as he began the tortuous process of obtaining an exit permit.
“我要离开这里”一名20多岁的音乐家 Yuni说，当他开始了取得出境许可的曲折过程。 ecocn
“The foundation of economic stability and turnaround is not solid enough and China's economic rebound will be a complex and tortuous process,” warned China's Assistant Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao.
“经济稳定以及好转的基础并不牢固，中国的经济复苏将是一个复杂而曲折的过程，”中国的助理财政部长祝光耀说。 yeeyan
China has also travelled a tortuous and difficult path in the course of development.
同时，中国也走过了艰难曲折的发展道路。 www.fmprc.gov.cn
Despite tortuous negotiations in the run-up to the meeting, a binding legal agreement on greenhouse- gas emissions will not be struck.
尽管会议预备阶段经过曲折的谈判，但这并不能促进有关温室气体排放的一篮子合法协定的达成。 ecocn
Each tortuous round of negotiations ahead of Copenhagen has lengthened the list of issues up for debate.
哥本哈根会议前每一次曲折的谈判都让一系列辩论的话题拖延了。 topsage
Filling such jobs is always a tortuous business in America, but Mr Obama has made it harder by insisting on a level of scrutiny far beyond anything previously attempted.
在美国填补这样的职位始终是一个曲折的事情，但奥巴马坚持使审查力度超出以前的水平，这令事情变得更加艰难。 ecocn
Having said that, I would also point out that our relations has never been a smooth sailing, yet a tortuous one with difficulties and challenges.
但双方关系发展并非一帆风顺，也曾经历过困难和曲折。 www.fmprc.gov.cn
Improving regulation is a tortuous process, as new chemical rules show
新的化学物品条例表明，完善管控过程曲折复杂 ecocn
Jerusalem would be shared and divided— another tortuous task but not an impossible one.
耶路撒冷将被共享和分隔——另一项曲折的任务，但并非不可能。 ecocn
Many at the conference likened it to the tortuous process of conquering addiction.
会议上许多人把这个曲折的过程与戒绝毒瘾相比较。 ecocn
Negotiations have been tortuous, progress slow, and North Korea remains a de facto nuclear state.
谈判一直迂回曲折，进展缓慢，朝鲜事实上仍然是一个的有核国家。 yeeyan
On tackling climate change, the road is long and tortuous. The Copenhagen Conference is not the end, but a new beginning.
应对气候变化的道路曲折漫长，哥本哈根会议不是终点，而是一个新起点。 ebigear
The J-15 has followed an even more tortuous route.
而歼-15有更曲折的历史。 yeeyan
The second has involved a tortuous row over imported second-hand cars.
第二次是关于二手汽车的进口问题，双方有过曲折的争吵。 ecocn
They are expected to promise to restrain themselves from raising the trade barriers that have been whittled away over decades of tortuous multilateral negotiations.
人们希望他们限制自己提高贸易壁垒在过去几十年曲折的多边谈判中，贸易壁垒已逐渐去除。 ecocn
True, plenty of the council's frenetic efforts have required tortuous negotiation, but as it turns out, talk is an important aspect of what the council does.
确实，安理会大量狂热的努力需要曲折的谈判，但是结果证明，谈判是安理会工作的重要方面。 yeeyan |