circuitous
英 [səˈkjuːɪtəs]
美 [sərˈkjuːɪtəs]
adj. 迂回的; 绕道的; 曲折的
BNC.22734 / COCA.20890
牛津词典
adj.
- 迂回的;绕道的;曲折的
long and not direct
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (线路)迂回的,绕行的
Acircuitousroute is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.- The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station...
出租车司机载着他们绕了个大圈才到警察局。 - Stuart came into film-making via a circuitous route.
斯图尔特费尽周折才最终开始电影制作。
- The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station...
英英释义
adj
- deviating from a straight course
- a scenic but devious route
- a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
- a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
- marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
- the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
- a roundabout paragraph
- hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
双语例句
- He took a circuitous route to the library, to avoid passing her house.
他绕道去图书馆,以避免从她家经过。 - We had to take a circuitous route because of an accident on the turnpike.
由于收费公路上发生了事故,我们不得不走一条弯路。 - The evolution of the relationship between ruling the country by law and socialism has undergone a circuitous process.
法治与社会主义的关联经历了一个曲折的发展过程。 - If something as straightforward as an opal can make such a circuitous journey, imagine what goes on with sophisticated electronics.
如果一块简简单单的蛋白石都能经历如此曲折的旅程的话,想象一下在精密的电子产品身上会发生什么。 - In fact, the two communicate regularly through a multitude of circuitous loops that researchers have only just begun to map.
实际上,它们经常通过众多迂回曲折的神经回路彼此通讯,而科研人员在这方面的研究才刚刚起步。 - If it does, the MD should not have been relying on this circuitous and random route to make the discovery. Surely his staff should have tipped him off long ago.
如果是,董事总经理就不应该通过如此曲折、随机的途径获悉,员工们应当很早以前就已经向他反映了才对。 - Many alien plants have become introduced by highly circuitous routes. Weaved our way through the heavy traffic.
许多外来植物是通过极其迂回曲折的道路引进的。 - Most of the world's multinationals have operations in China but the bulk of overseas money has come from Taiwan, Hong Kong and, indeed, by a circuitous route, from China itself, often invested in low-cost factories for export.
大多数全球跨国企业在中国都有业务,但有很大一部分海外资金来自台湾和香港,甚至以一种迂回的方式来自中国自身。这些资金往往投资于面向出口的低成本工厂。 - Like other great Russian composers, Tschaikovsky arrived at music by a circuitous route, almost by accident.
同许多俄国的伟大作曲家一样,柴可夫斯基经历了一条曲折的道路才到达音乐的国土,并且几乎是出于偶然。 - It affects the soul directly; but it can affect it also by obscure and circuitous ways-through the blood.
它不仅直接影响人们,还可以迂回曲折地通过血液影响着人们的灵魂。