circuitous 词态变化
副词: circuitously;
circuitous 英文词源
- circuitous (adj.)
- 1660s, from Medieval Latin circuitous "full of roundabout ways," from Latin circuitus "a going round" (see circuit (n.)). Related: Circuitously; circuitousness.
circuitous 英文释义
- 1. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct;
- "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"
- "a roundabout paragraph"
- "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
- 2. deviating from a straight course;
- "a scenic but devious route"
- "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"
- "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
circuitous 双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They took a circuitous route to avoid reporters.
- 他们绕道避开了记者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Many alien plants have become introduced by highly circuitous routes.
- 许多外来植物是通过极其迂回曲折的道路引进的.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The more circuitous route would be the quickest.
- 采取比较迂回的路线,可能是捷径.
来自辞典例句
circuitous 实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- They took a circuitous route to avoid reporters.
- 他们绕道避开了记者.
《简明英汉词典》
- His explanation was circuitous and puzzling.
- 他的解释在兜圈子,让人费解.
期刊摘选
- By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes , he prevents the enemy from anticipating his purpose.
- 易其居,迂其途, 使民不得虑.
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- Invitations went through third parties and some of the visitors traveled circuitous routes to attend.
- 邀请函都是通过第三者发出的,有的客商是几经中转才来到此地.
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- 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.
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- Mr Zoellick is attentive to means: charting a path, however circuitous, to his destination.
- 现在佐立克先生则致力于方法: 规划一途径通向他的目标, 不管这条路有多曲折.
期刊摘选
- Modest words, taboo words and circuitous words were the usual expression way of euphemistic rhetoric.
- 委婉修辞常用的表现方式有谦敬语 、 避讳语、迂回语等.
期刊摘选
- The more circuitous route would be the quickest.
- 采取比较迂回的路线,可能是捷径.
辞典例句
- Many factors caused taking elective classes in the implementation of the system in advance circuitous.
- 诸多因素造成了选修走班制的实施在迂回中前进.
期刊摘选
- It comes in via various circuitous routes.
- 热钱是通过各种迂回路线进入中国的.
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- Or it burrowed through the problem by some circuitous loophole of logic.
- 或者通过某种拐弯抹角的逻辑漏洞草草掠过问题.
期刊摘选
- Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route.
- 由于交通挤塞的主要公路, 她采取了迂回路线.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- So circuitous, a cost price 26 yuan book, save after all how many money to leave?
- 如此迂回, 一本原价26元的书, 到底省下了多少钱?
期刊摘选
- Veranda's jujube red, apricot yellow curtain, circuitous rockery, exquisite bonsai, Chinese Pode shade garden effect.
- 枣红色的游廊 、 杏黄色的帘 、 假山迂回, 盆景精妙, 颇得中华庭院掩映之妙.
期刊摘选
- Many alien plants have become introduced by highly circuitous routes.
- 许多外来植物是通过极其迂回曲折的道路引进的.
辞典例句
- The explanation was circuitous and puzzling.
- 这个解释很迂曲,让人困惑不解.
期刊摘选
- 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。
柯林斯例句
