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单词 tortuous
释义
Tortuous
adj satadj.allhighly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Synset:Byzantine convoluted involved knotty tangled
Examples:
  • the Byzantine tax structure
  • Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
  • convoluted legal language
  • convoluted reasoning
  • the plot was too involved
  • a knotty problem
  • got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
  • Oh, what a tangled web we weave - Sir Walter Scott
  • tortuous legal procedures
  • tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Antonyms:simple
Derivationally Related Form:knottinesstortuousness
Inherited Hypernyms:byzantine
Similar to:complex
adj satadj.allmarked by repeated turns and bends
Synset:twisting twisty voluminous winding
Examples:
  • a tortuous road up the mountain
  • winding roads are full of surprises
  • had to steer the car down a twisty track
Antonyms:straight
Derivationally Related Form:tortuousnesstortuosity
Inherited Hypernyms:tortuous
Similar to:crooked
adj satadj.allnot straightforward
Examples:
  • his tortuous reasoning
Antonyms:direct
Derivationally Related Form:tortuousness
Inherited Hypernyms:tortuous
Similar to:indirect
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