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

• 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 evolution of the relationship between ruling the country by law and socialism has undergone a circuitous process.
  法治与社会主义的关联经历了一个曲折的发展过程。
• 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。
• 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。
• He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
  他带我们绕道去旅馆。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path. The river flows cranking into the village.
  曲流河流道路的迂回处或弯曲河流弯弯曲曲地流进村落。