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单词 tortuously
释义
tortuously
adverb
uk
/ˈtɔː.tʃu.əs.li/us
/ˈtɔːr.tʃu.əs.li/
with manyturnsandchangesofdirection:
彎彎曲曲地；曲折地
Iheadnortheast, along aroadthattwistsandturnstortuously.我沿着一条蜿蜒曲折的路向东北方向走。
a tortuouslytwistingjourneydown throughbananaplantations沿着香蕉种植园蜿蜒而下的一段路
in a way that is notdirectorsimple:
Some things thatseemedsimpleto us haveturnedout to be tortuouslydifficult.
Theplotis tortuouslycomplicated.
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  • Theroadwindstortuously through asuccessionoftinyvillagesat theheartof themountainrange.
  • Theprocesshasprovedtortuouslyslow.
  • Hefeelsthequestionsare tortuouslycomplicated.
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Bending, twisting and curving
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  • entwine
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  • flexure
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(Definition oftortuouslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
tortuously
adverb
uk
/ˈtɔː.tʃu.əs.li/us
/ˈtɔːr.tʃu.əs.li/
with manyturnsandchangesofdirection
彎彎曲曲地；曲折地
Iheadnortheast, along aroadthattwistsandturnstortuously.我沿着一条蜿蜒曲折的路向东北方向走。
a tortuouslytwistingjourneydown throughbananaplantations沿着香蕉种植园蜿蜒而下的一段路
See
tortuous
More examples
  • Theroadwindstortuously through asuccessionoftinyvillagesat theheartof themountainrange.
  • Theprocesshasprovedtortuouslyslow.
  • Hefeelsthequestionsare tortuouslycomplicated.

Examplesoftortuously

tortuously
Finally, while some presentational failings are probably of linguistic derivation, the prose is oftentortuouslyobscure, and littered with repetitions, proving the need for much more rigorous copy-editing.
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Have not the criteria been carefully, not to saytortuously, selected to produce a predetermined political outcome?
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High technical knowledge is applied directly and nottortuouslyunder it, and there is therefore a saving of money and of energy.
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Instead, the list relies ontortuouslyselected criteria that can be explained only in terms of producing that precise list.
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Some have had to sell off precious assets to stay alive and others have hadtortuouslyto renegotiate their arrangements with their bankers.
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That matter should be addressed, as it would help carers, as well as everyone else who has to go through thetortuouslycomplex benefits process.
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It comprises a chain of steep-sided lava domes with glassy,tortuouslyjointed lava, such as hornblende-phyric basalt.
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The mine is mainly upper-surface and progressestortuously, ever widening.
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She encapsulates what she finds in atortuouslycomplex computer game, knowing that the truth is never likely to be uncovered.
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