英语释义

• marked by repeated turns and bends;

  "a tortuous road up the mountain"

  "winding roads are full of surprises"

  "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

• not straightforward;

  "his tortuous reasoning"

• highly involved or intricate;

  "the Byzantine tax structure"

  "convoluted legal language"

  "convoluted reasoning"

  "intricate needlework"

  "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"

  "the plot was too involved"

  "a knotty problem"

  "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"

  "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott

  "tortuous legal procedures"

  "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

片语

tortuous history曲折历史

tortuous sideburns曲鬓

curve成曲形

Tortuous Path弯路

twisted扭动（twist的过去式）

tortuous s弯曲的

tortuous deformation折曲变形

tortuous processes曲折过程

tortuous Liability侵权责任

a tortuous曲折

英汉例句

• each tortuous round of negotiations ahead of copenhagen has lengthened the list of issues up for debate.

  哥本哈根会议前每一次曲折的谈判都让一系列辩论的话题拖延了。

• such reductions often involve tortuous negotiations between different organisations and governments, all apprehensive about losing 「sovereignty」 over their portion of the sky.

  类似的航线缩短通常都会牵涉不同组织和政府间的曲折谈判，它们都对丧失领空「主权」表示忧虑。

• the chinese people and people in other asian countries shared the same historical experiences and have together travelled a difficult and tortuous path towards development.

  中国人民同亚洲各国人民有过共同的历史命运，又一同走过了艰难曲折的发展道路。

• true, plenty of the council「s frenetic efforts have required tortuous negotiation, but as it turns out, talk is an important aspect of what the council does.

  确实，安理会大量狂热的努力需要曲折的谈判，但是结果证明，谈判是安理会工作的重要方面。

• 「i am out of here,」 said yuni, a musician in his 20s, as he began the tortuous process of obtaining an exit permit.

  「我要离开这里」一名20多岁的音乐家yuni说，当他开始了取得出境许可的曲折过程。

• many at the conference likened it to the tortuous process of conquering addiction.

  会议上许多人把这个曲折的过程与戒绝毒瘾相比较。

• despite tortuous negotiations in the run-up to the meeting, a binding legal agreement on greenhouse-gas emissions will not be struck.

  尽管会议预备阶段经过曲折的谈判，但这并不能促进有关温室气体排放的一篮子合法协定的达成。

• this is not a book for new insights into the rebellions of henry’s early years, or the tortuous diplomacy of the spanish marriage, or the contents of the king’s private account-books.

  这本书的写作不是为了重新认识亨利早年的反叛，或是重新认识曲折外交的西班牙婚姻、或是重新认识国王私人帐簿的内容。

• the nature of the eu」s tortuous decision-making makes that very notion inconceivable.

  欧盟制定决策的曲折性正表明了该想法（某方观点的消失）是不可思议的。

• life is but a hard and tortuous journey.

  人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程。

• filling such jobs is always a tortuous business in america, but mr obama has made it harder by insisting on a level of scrutiny far beyond anything previously attempted.

  在美国填补这样的职位始终是一个曲折的事情，但奥巴马坚持使审查力度超出以前的水平，这令事情变得更加艰难。

• we are soberly aware, however, that the foundation of an economic rebound is not yet solid, with many uncertainties remaining. a full economic recovery will take a slow and tortuous process.

  同时，我们也清醒地看到，世界经济形势好转的基础并不牢固，不确定因素仍然很多，实现全面复苏将是缓慢和曲折的过程。

• in april it emerged from a tortuous restructuring, during which it moved its headquarters from germany to britain to take advantage of the flexible insolvency laws there.

  为了利用英国灵活的破产法，今年四月雪弗莱克进行了一次迂回的重构，将总部从德国搬到英国。

• and after eight weeks of tortuous negotiations, her government agreed on a costly compromise with the opposition over reforms to unemployment benefits and the minimum wage.

  在经过八周的曲折谈判后，默克尔政府作出巨大让步，最终对失业保障和最低工资改革投了反对票。

• when a plot takes a long, tortuous route, then—as any mariner will tell you—stars are essential for navigation.

  当电影情节沿着一条漫长而拐弯抹角路线展开时，正如很多海员会跟你讲的那样，「明星」是航行中最必不可少的。

• the second has involved a tortuous row over imported second-hand cars.

  第二次是关于二手汽车的进口问题，双方有过曲折的争吵。

• the j-15 has followed an even more tortuous route.

  而歼-15有更曲折的历史。

• and eu countries should be held to the commitment they all made in october 2005, no matter how long and tortuous the process proves.

  同时，欧盟国家应该兑现他们在2005年十月的承诺，不管这个过程多长，多曲折。

• at each step in this tortuous negotiatingprocess, the united states has pushed and pulled israel toward concessions, butreceived little or no credit from the arab side.

  在曲折的中东和平谈判进程的每个阶段，美国施展各种技巧以促使以色列的让步，但是并未得到阿拉伯国家积极的响应，甚至是他们的信誉。

• but the maddening truth is that we’ve become so accessible we’re often inaccessible, the process of getting to any of us more tortured and tortuous than ever.

  但另一个令人抓狂的事实就是我们越能被联系到也让我们更难联系到，因为这个联系的过程比过去已经变得越来越扭曲。

• china has also travelled a tortuous and difficult path in the course of development.

  同时，中国也走过了艰难曲折的发展道路。

• having said that, i would also point out that our relations has never been a smooth sailing, yet a tortuous one with difficulties and challenges.

  但双方关系发展并非一帆风顺，也曾经历过困难和曲折。

• our relationship has gone through a tortuous journey, but on the whole, it has been moving forward and made great achievements.

  两国关系虽历经风雨曲折，但总体上不断向前发展，取得了巨大成就。

相似词

roundabout（说话）迂回的；绕道的；圆形的

crooked弯曲的；歪的；不正当的