单词：tortuous
[医] 纡曲的, 弯曲的
s. not straightforward
考试类型：[托福/GRE]
tortuous的用法和样例：
例句
- It took all he could do to keep his cart from going over in the tortuous mountain trails.他竭尽全力才算保住大车，没有在曲曲弯弯的山路上翻倒。
- History follows a tortuous course.历史是循着一条曲折的道路发展的。
- We still have a long and tortuous road to travel.我们还要走一条漫长而曲折的过路。
- But the negotiations proved long and tortuous.但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。
- Never mind the tortuous explanation;tell me in plain English, are you coming or not?别转弯抹角地解释了，直率地告诉我，你来不来?
词汇搭配
- tortuous passage曲折通道
- tortuous channel弯曲河道
- tortuous flow紊流
经典引文
The route from Avebury is slow and tortuous.
出自：W. Horwood
- roundabout绕道的
- crooked弯曲的
- winding卷
- twisting翘曲
- convoluted旋绕的
- involved涉及的
- circuitous迂回的
- indirect间接的
- complex复杂的
- complicated复杂难懂的
- intricate复杂的
- difficult困难的
- devious迂回的
- deceitful欺诈的
- crafty狡猾的
- sly狡猾的
- artful狡猾的
- voluminous卷数多的
- Byzantine拜占庭的
- twisty弯弯曲曲的
- knotty有结的
- tangled纠缠的
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