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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The canal followed a circuitous route.
  运河沿河道迂回。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The figure is a circuitous conduit for the transmission of energies.
  这图形是一种作为能量传导的迂回的媒介。
• He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
  他带我们绕道去旅馆。