Tortuous
[ 'tɔrtʃuəs ]
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adj. 扭曲的，弯曲的;曲折的;不正派的，不正当的;转弯抹角的;
💡 词根助记
tort扭转+uous...的 →弯曲的
📝 例句
There stirred in her a tortuous impulse to push the matter toward decision.
这件事非得解决不可，她心痒痒地要来试一下，简直如坐针毡。
tortuous reasoning.
曲折推理
But the negotiations proved long and tortuous.
但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。
Haig kept me informed of his tortuous discussions with Nixon on the subject.
黑格经常向我通报他与尼克松就此问题的曲折磋商情况。
A tortuous plot;tortuous reasoning.
变化多端的情节；曲折推理
🌱 联想助记
源自 tort- 扭曲，twist；tortoise 在蜿蜒的小路上爬，比兔子跑一会就休息还快
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-tort-表示“扭”
常见变体有-tour-
📖 牛津释义
tortuous
adj
1 full of twists and turns 弯弯曲曲的
followed a tortuous road down the mountainside 顺著蜿蜒的路下山.
2 (fig usu derog 比喻, 通常作贬义) (of a policy, etc) not straightforward; devious （指政策等）不直接阐明的, 含混不清的
a tortuous argument 含糊其辞的论据
tortuous logic 费解的逻辑.
🔁 扩展释义
*['tɒ:tʃuәs]a. 扭曲的, 弯曲的, 转弯抹角的, 欺骗的【医】 纡曲的, 弯曲的
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Let's do it!
我们来录！
No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled.
没受过他人的统治，就不能很好地统治他人。
What shocked him most was that the men who carried him were black.
最使他感到惊奇的是，把他运走的人都是黑人。