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单词 circuitous
释义
circuitouscir‧cu‧i‧tous /sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs $ sɜːr-/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the river's circuitous course
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Disability arts is a circuitous route to the inclusion of Disabled people in mainstream arts and wider society.
  • I set out on a circuitous route that ensured I ended up at her table.
  • It seemed ironic that at long last I was here, albeit by a very much more circuitous route than originally planned.
  • Potential listeners also are cautious about venturing on to a campus with circuitous roads, dense eucalyptus groves and notoriously problematic parking.
  • She returned to Bourne End by a circuitous route along minor roads.
  • The links were often circuitous, narrow and made more difficult by differing levels.
  • Typically circuitous is the way she used Bernard.
  • Within each quarter there are selected road closures and some one-way streets, making journeys even more circuitous for non-residents.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Disability arts is a circuitous route to the inclusion of Disabled people in mainstream arts and wider society.· It seemed ironic that at long last I was here, albeit by a very much more circuitous route than originally planned.· She returned to Bourne End by a circuitous route along minor roads.· I set out on a circuitous route that ensured I ended up at her table.· In 1986, again by a slightly circuitous route, Ian began his own cloning programme at Roslin.
going from one place to another in a way that is longer than the most direct way:  a hard circuitous hikecircuitously adverb
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