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
- Although it's hardly the client's fault, the accelerated3D graphics driver I needed broke compilation of OpenGL programs, leading to a fairly circuitous workaround.
尽管它很难成为客户机的默认设置，但是我需要的3D图形加速驱动程序破坏了OpenGL程序的编译过程，这会导致需要使用相当复杂的解决方案。 - He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
他带我们绕道去旅馆。 - 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。 - I have illustrated some of the circuitous routes we have taken to arrive at our present caiman nomenclature.
我已经说明了一些迂回路线，我们已经采取措施来达成我们目前的凯门鳄命名。 - From Unilateral Punishment to Circuitous Adverseness: Another Interpretation on Chinese Criminal Procedure
从单向度惩罚到迂回博弈：对我国刑事诉讼模式的另一种解读 - 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。 - Brown took a circuitous route to academic life; he was a musician and a plumber first.
布朗过上做学问的日子颇费周折，他最早是乐师，还做过管子工。 - 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。 - The taxi moved in zigzags and circuitous routes.
这出租汽车沿着曲折迂回的路线行驶。 - 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。