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

• The taxi moved in zigzags and circuitous routes.
  这出租汽车沿着曲折迂回的路线行驶。
• 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。
• Her book came to the screen by a somewhat circuitous route.
  她那本书经过一番周折才搬上银幕。
• 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。
• He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
  他带我们绕道去旅馆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。