labyrinthine 英 [ˌlæbə'rɪnθaɪn]   美 [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪn, -ˌθinçlabʃyʃrinʃthiʃanə-θiən]

labyrinthine

labyrinthine  英 [ˌlæbə'rɪnθaɪn] 美 [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪn, -ˌθinçlabʃyʃrinʃthiʃanə-θiən]

adj. 迷宫的;复杂的 

In any of these cases, people could do with a local expert to help them navigate the labyrinthine American health-care system. 在这些情况下,民众可以利用一位当地的专家来帮助他们进入这如迷宫般的美国健康保险系统。
In one shack, deep inside the labyrinthine slum, her team found a weeping child whose parents had left her at home alone while they worked. 在迷宫似的贫民区深处一个简陋小屋里,她的小组发现了一个哭泣的孩子,她的父母出去工作时把她独自留在家里。

  • Labyrinthine is a good word to describe a place that feels like an enormous maze. A new student at a huge, sprawling high school is likely to find the building labyrinthine as he wanders the halls looking for his math class.
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  • adj. 迷宫的;复杂的
  • 1. In any of these cases, people could do with a local expert to help them navigate the labyrinthine American health-care system.

    在这些情况下,民众可以利用一位当地的专家来帮助他们进入这如迷宫般的美国健康保险系统。

  • 2. In one shack, deep inside the labyrinthine slum, her team found a weeping child whose parents had left her at home alone while they worked.

    在迷宫似的贫民区深处一个简陋小屋里,她的小组发现了一个哭泣的孩子,她的父母出去工作时把她独自留在家里。

  • 3. Some days later, as the ship threaded its way through the labyrinthine passages of the Great Barrier Reef, it holed itself on the coral and began slowly sinking.

    几天后,船小心翼翼地穿行在大堡礁迷宫般的航道时,在珊瑚上撞了个洞,开始慢慢下沉。

  • labyrinthine (adj.) 1630s; see labyrinth + -ine (1). Figurative use by 1831. Earlier adjective forms were labyrinthian/labyrinthean (1580s), labyrinthial (1540s), labyrinthical (1620s), labyrinthic (1640s).
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