circuitous

英 [səˈkjuːɪtəs]

美 [sərˈkjuːɪtəs]

adj.  迂回的; 绕道的; 曲折的

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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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• deviating from a straight course
  1. a scenic but devious route
  2. a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
  3. a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
  Synonym:deviousroundabout
• marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
  1. the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
  2. a roundabout paragraph
  3. hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
  Synonym:roundabout

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。