circuitous
英 [səˈkjuːɪtəs]
美 [sərˈkjuːɪtəs]
adj. 迂回的; 绕道的; 曲折的
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.- 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。 - 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。
- The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station...
英英释义
adj
- deviating from a straight course
- a scenic but devious route
- a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
- a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
- marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
- the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
- a roundabout paragraph
- hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
双语例句
- Because of the circuitous and directional flow of waterways, railways often have an energy advantage over barges.
由于河道迂回曲折且水流具有方向性,因而铁路运输较之水运,常常具有节能优势。 - 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。 - 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。 - Many alien plants have become introduced by highly circuitous routes. Weaved our way through the heavy traffic.
许多外来植物是通过极其迂回曲折的道路引进的。 - It affects the soul directly; but it can affect it also by obscure and circuitous ways-through the blood.
它不仅直接影响人们,还可以迂回曲折地通过血液影响着人们的灵魂。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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; - 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)。