
英:/'ˈtɔːtʃuəs/ 美:/'ˈtɔːrtʃuəs/
弯弯曲曲的
比较级:more tortuous 最高级:most tortuous
TOEFL,GRE,SAT
adj. 拐弯抹角的;冗长费解的;弯弯曲曲的,曲折的
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。
adj.|curve/twisted;扭曲的,弯曲的;啰嗦的
tortuous 是一个形容词,主要包含以下两层含义,均带有“不直接、不顺畅”的核心意象:
字面意义:弯曲的,迂回的 (Physically Winding or Twisting)
比喻意义:复杂的,晦涩难懂的,拐弯抹角的 (Figuratively Complex, Indirect, or Devious)
“Tortuous” 的核心在于描述某种偏离直线或直接路径的状态,无论是物理上的蜿蜒曲折,还是抽象意义上的复杂冗长、拐弯抹角或晦涩难懂。在医学语境中,该词也常用于描述血管、肠道等解剖结构的异常弯曲(如 "tortuous artery" - 弯曲的动脉)。
tortuous(形容词)的详细解释如下:
They followed a tortuous road down the mountainside.(他们沿着蜿蜒的山路下山)。
tortuous legal procedures(复杂的法律程序)。
His tortuous explanation confused everyone.(他拐弯抹角的解释让所有人困惑)。
Tortuous as the road of struggle is, our prospects are bright.(尽管斗争道路曲折,但我们的前景光明)。
如需更多例句或专业用法,可参考权威词典(如牛津或韦氏)。
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