adj. 拐弯抹角的;冗长费解的;弯弯曲曲的,曲折的
词根:tortuous
adv.
tortuously 弯曲地;欺骗地;居心叵测地;转弯抹角地
n.
tortuosity 曲折;弯曲度;迂回曲折
1.Each tortuous round of negotiations ahead of Copenhagen has lengthened the list of issues up for debate.
哥本哈根会议前每一次曲折的谈判都让一系列辩论的话题拖延了。
2.The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.
惟一的通路是一条弯弯曲曲的山路。
3.The second has involved a tortuous row over imported second-hand cars.
第二次是关于二手汽车的进口问题,双方有过曲折的争吵。
4.The J-15 has followed an even more tortuous route.
而歼-15有更曲折的历史。
5.Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程。
6.When a plot takes a long, tortuous route, then-as any mariner will tell you-stars are essential for navigation.
当电影情节沿着一条漫长而拐弯抹角路线展开时,正如很多海员会跟你讲的那样,“明星”是航行中最必不可少的。
7.When a plot takes a long, tortuous route, then-as any mariner will tell you-stars are essential for navigation.
当电影情节沿着一条漫长而拐弯抹角路线展开时,正如很多海员会跟你讲的那样,“明星”是航行中最必不可少的。
8.Improving regulation is a tortuous process, as new chemical rules show.
新的化学物品条例表明,完善管控过程曲折复杂。
9.Wall Street firms have spent years on the often-tortuous road to setting up operations in China.
华尔街投行花费了数年时间、经历了诸多周折才建立起了在华业务。