circuitous

英 [səˈkjuːɪtəs]

美 [sərˈkjuːɪtəs]

adj.  迂回的; 绕道的; 曲折的

TOEFLGRE

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• He took a circuitous route to the library, to avoid passing her house.
  他绕道去图书馆，以避免从她家经过。
• Most of the world's multinationals have operations in China but the bulk of overseas money has come from Taiwan, Hong Kong and, indeed, by a circuitous route, from China itself, often invested in low-cost factories for export.
  大多数全球跨国企业在中国都有业务，但有很大一部分海外资金来自台湾和香港，甚至以一种迂回的方式来自中国自身。这些资金往往投资于面向出口的低成本工厂。
• The taxi moved in zigzags and circuitous routes.
  这出租汽车沿着曲折迂回的路线行驶。
• 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。