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 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。
• 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 explanation was circuitous and puzzling; a roundabout paragraph; hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend.
  这个解释不直接、令人费解；间接描述的段落；间接的听说她的前夫和她最好的朋友结婚了。
• Their walk having been circuitous they were still not far from the house, and in obeying his direction she only had to reach the large stone bridge across the main river, and follow the road for a few yards.
  他们那天是绕着圈子走的，所以始终离他们的屋子不远，她听从了他的指挥回去睡觉，只要走过那条河上的大石桥，再沿着那条路向前走几码就到了。
• Joda's classes are capable of producing ( though at times in a somewhat circuitous manner, as you'll see) instances of java. util. Date ( and Calendar).
  Joda的类能够生成（但是，正如您将看到的一样，有时会采用一种比较迂回的方式）java.util.Date的实例（和Calendar）。
• 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。
• In fact, the two communicate regularly through a multitude of circuitous loops that researchers have only just begun to map.
  实际上，它们经常通过众多迂回曲折的神经回路彼此通讯，而科研人员在这方面的研究才刚刚起步。
• 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 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。