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

• I have illustrated some of the circuitous routes we have taken to arrive at our present caiman nomenclature.
  我已经说明了一些迂回路线，我们已经采取措施来达成我们目前的凯门鳄命名。
• The canal followed a circuitous route.
  运河沿河道迂回。
• 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。
• Analysis of specific consumption values among youth consumers His explanation was circuitous and puzzling.
  青年消费群体的特殊消费价值观解析他的解释在兜圈子，让人费解。
• 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。
• The evolution of the relationship between ruling the country by law and socialism has undergone a circuitous process.
  法治与社会主义的关联经历了一个曲折的发展过程。
• He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
  他带我们绕道去旅馆。
• 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；
• We had to take a circuitous route because of an accident on the turnpike.
  由于收费公路上发生了事故，我们不得不走一条弯路。
• 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。