音标:['kɔnvәlju:tid] ;
a. 盘绕的, 回旋的, 旋绕的, 卷绕的, 复杂的
[医] 卷曲的, 回旋的
v curl, wind, or twist together
v practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
s rolled longitudinally upon itself
s highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

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convoluted的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. For us, justice is only an aspiration because we don't have the money to get through the convoluted legal system that seems to have been built to help lawyers make money.对我们来说,公正仅仅是一种渴望,因为我们没有钱去完成令人费解的法律过程,这个法律体系看起来似乎是为了帮助律师赚钱而建立起来的。

词汇搭配

  • convolute盘旋

经典引文

  • Elaborately convoluted fire-irons.

    出自:M. Laski
  • A convoluted statement of wonderful circularity.

    出自:B. Castle
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