
英:/'ˈtɔːtʃuəs/ 美:/'ˈtɔːrtʃuəs/
彎彎曲曲的
比較級:more tortuous 最高級:most tortuous
TOEFL,GRE,SAT
adj. 拐彎抹角的;冗長費解的;彎彎曲曲的,曲折的
He walked through the tortuous corridor to the princess's bedroom.
他穿過曲折的長廊來到了公主的寝宮。
The deal was finally closed after tortuous negotiations.
經過錯綜複雜的談判,這筆買賣終于成交了。
The teacher didn't like me to talk to her in this tortuous language.
老師不喜歡我用這種拐彎抹角的語言跟她說話。
He took a tortuous route through back streets.
他選擇穿過偏僻的街道走了一條彎彎曲曲的路線
The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.
惟一的通路是一條彎彎曲曲的山路。
Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
人生即是一段艱難曲折的旅程。
The J-15 has followed an even more tortuous route.
而殲-15有更曲折的曆史。
The future is bright, but the path ahead will be tortuous.
前途是光明的,但今後的道路将是曲折的。
EUROPE's companies negotiate a costly and tortuous patent regime.
歐洲企業在設法應對既費用高昂又紛繁複雜的專利制度。
adj.|curve/twisted;扭曲的,彎曲的;啰嗦的
tortuous 是一個形容詞,主要包含以下兩層含義,均帶有“不直接、不順暢”的核心意象:
字面意義:彎曲的,迂回的 (Physically Winding or Twisting)
比喻意義:複雜的,晦澀難懂的,拐彎抹角的 (Figuratively Complex, Indirect, or Devious)
“Tortuous” 的核心在于描述某種偏離直線或直接路徑的狀态,無論是物理上的蜿蜒曲折,還是抽象意義上的複雜冗長、拐彎抹角或晦澀難懂。在醫學語境中,該詞也常用于描述血管、腸道等解剖結構的異常彎曲(如 "tortuous artery" - 彎曲的動脈)。
tortuous(形容詞)的詳細解釋如下:
They followed a tortuous road down the mountainside.(他們沿着蜿蜒的山路下山)。
tortuous legal procedures(複雜的法律程式)。
His tortuous explanation confused everyone.(他拐彎抹角的解釋讓所有人困惑)。
Tortuous as the road of struggle is, our prospects are bright.(盡管鬥争道路曲折,但我們的前景光明)。
如需更多例句或專業用法,可參考權威詞典(如牛津或韋氏)。
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