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
- The canal followed a circuitous route.
运河沿河道迂回。 - 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。 - Analysis of specific consumption values among youth consumers His explanation was circuitous and puzzling.
青年消费群体的特殊消费价值观解析他的解释在兜圈子,让人费解。 - 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。 - The taxi moved in zigzags and circuitous routes.
这出租汽车沿着曲折迂回的路线行驶。 - The figure is a circuitous conduit for the transmission of energies.
这图形是一种作为能量传导的迂回的媒介。 - Less well known, however, is the fact that almost every Chinese borrower that has tapped the international markets for funds has done so through a circuitous route that exposes investors to considerable risk.
人们不太清楚的是,在国际市场上融资的中国企业几乎都采取了一条迂回的路径,使投资者面临相当大的风险。 - This is a concise discussion of the potential costs and benefits of constructing a new, much less circuitous road to link Nepal and India;
这篇文章简要讨论建造一条较少弯路的公路以连接尼泊尔和印度,此工程的潜在成本和效益; - The more circuitous route would be the quickest. The way of performance budgeting reform can choose trilogy model.
采取比较迂回的路线,可能是捷径。在路径选择上,可以采取三步走的模式。 - Her book came to the screen by a somewhat circuitous route.
她那本书经过一番周折才搬上银幕。