circuitous

英 [səˈkjuːɪtəs]

美 [sərˈkjuːɪtəs]

adj.  迂回的; 绕道的; 曲折的

TOEFLGRE

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

• 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。
• If something as straightforward as an opal can make such a circuitous journey, imagine what goes on with sophisticated electronics.
  如果一块简简单单的蛋白石都能经历如此曲折的旅程的话，想象一下在精密的电子产品身上会发生什么。
• 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。
• The taxi moved in zigzags and circuitous routes.
  这出租汽车沿着曲折迂回的路线行驶。
• Most of the world's multinationals have operations in China but the bulk of overseas money has come from Taiwan, Hong Kong and, indeed, by a circuitous route, from China itself, often invested in low-cost factories for export.
  大多数全球跨国企业在中国都有业务，但有很大一部分海外资金来自台湾和香港，甚至以一种迂回的方式来自中国自身。这些资金往往投资于面向出口的低成本工厂。
• He took a circuitous route to the library, to avoid passing her house.
  他绕道去图书馆，以避免从她家经过。
• 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。
• 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
• 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 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。