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

• 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
• Like other great Russian composers, Tschaikovsky arrived at music by a circuitous route, almost by accident.
  同许多俄国的伟大作曲家一样，柴可夫斯基经历了一条曲折的道路才到达音乐的国土，并且几乎是出于偶然。
• 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。
• Brown took a circuitous route to academic life; he was a musician and a plumber first.
  布朗过上做学问的日子颇费周折，他最早是乐师，还做过管子工。
• If it does, the MD should not have been relying on this circuitous and random route to make the discovery. Surely his staff should have tipped him off long ago.
  如果是，董事总经理就不应该通过如此曲折、随机的途径获悉，员工们应当很早以前就已经向他反映了才对。
• Less well known, however, is the fact that almost every Chinese borrower that has tapped the international markets for funds has done so through a circuitous route that exposes investors to considerable risk.
  人们不太清楚的是，在国际市场上融资的中国企业几乎都采取了一条迂回的路径，使投资者面临相当大的风险。
• Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path. The river flows cranking into the village.
  曲流河流道路的迂回处或弯曲河流弯弯曲曲地流进村落。
• 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。
• 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。