tortuous

美音：['tɔrtʃuəs] 英音：['tɔː(r)tʃuəs]

简单释义：

adj.拐弯抹角的；含混不清的；冗长费解的；弯弯曲曲的

网络曲折的；转弯抹角的；弯曲的

完整释义：

adj.

1.曲折,弯弯曲曲的;转弯抹角的
2.弯扭的,曲折的(路、河等),盘旋的
3.多弯曲的
4.不正派的,不正当的,骗人的(政策等)
5.委婉的(话)
6.拐弯抹角的
7.非法的

例句：

Sino-Soviet debate directly affected Chinese socialist construction and made it tortuous .
中苏论战对中国社会主义建设道路的曲折发展有著直接的因果关系。
Opening of China's capital markets 'has been a much longer, tortuous process than anyone assumed it would be. '
中国资本市场的开放一直是一个漫长而曲折的过程，这一点和很多人设想的有所不同。
Her novels are unique, tortuous, exaggeration, eerie, and with a "legendary" feature.
她的小说独特、曲折、夸张、诡异，具有一种无法言说的传奇色彩。
Since the inception of China's rural credit cooperatives, it has gone through a difficult and tortuous course of development.
我国的农村信用社自建立以来，经历了一个艰难而又曲折的发展历程。
Minders and hosts were swept back into the garden for more photos and a tortuous exchange of views through an interpreter.
随同和东道主匆忙跟着回到花园，大家拍了更多照片，还通过一名口译员艰难地交换看法。
The railway handling industry is a special industry. It has a tortuous developing background and a unique operating environment.
铁路装卸行业是一个特殊的行业，它有其曲折的发展途径和与众不同的运营环境。
Although a few tortuous axons could be found, there were no irregular swelling and disconnecting axons.
结果在荧光显微镜下，神经轴突粗细较均匀，少数有弯曲现象，未见不规则肿胀及断裂。
On tackling climate change, the road is long and tortuous. The Copenhagen Conference is not the end, but a new beginning.
应对气候变化的道路曲折漫长，哥本哈根会议不是终点，而是一个新起点。

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