tortuous
tortuous 英 [ˈtɔ:tʃuəs] 美 [ˈtɔrtʃuəs]
adj. 扭曲的，弯曲的；啰嗦的
- Tortuous means twisting or complicated. "James Bond drove his custom BMW 120 mph on the road that was tortuous in its twists and turns. He had to stop the evil madman's plan for world domination that was so tortuous even 007 could not understand it."
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- adj. 扭曲的，弯曲的；啰嗦的
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1. The future is bright, but the path ahead will be tortuous.
前途是光明的，但今后的道路将是曲折的。
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2. 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。
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3. 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。
- tortuous (adj.) late 14c., "full of twists and turns," from Anglo-French tortuous (12c.), Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuosus "full of twists, winding," from tortus "a twisting, winding," from stem of torquere "to twist, wring, distort" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). Related: Tortuously; tortuousness.
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