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单词 convoluted
释义
convoluted
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.və.luː.tɪd/us
/ˈkɑːn.və.luː.t̬ɪd/
verytwisted:
盘绕的；弯曲的，曲折的
a very convolutedroute/knot曲折盘旋的路线／缠绕的绳结
Convolutedsentences,explanations,arguments, etc. areunreasonablylonganddifficulttounderstand:
（句子、解释、论据等）冗长费解的，繁复晦涩的
Hisgrammarexplanationsareterriblyconvoluted.他对语法的讲解非常晦涩难懂。
Herbookisfulloflong, convolutedsentences.她的书里全是些冗长晦涩的句子。
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Bending, twisting and curving
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  • flex
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  • intertwine
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  • meander
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  • true
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  • twine
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(Definition ofconvolutedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

convoluted| American Dictionary

convoluted
adjective
us
/ˈkɑn·vəˌlu·t̬ɪd/
(esp. ofexpressioninspeechor writing) having acomplicatedstructureandthereforedifficulttounderstand:
a convolutedstory/speech/plot
(Definition ofconvolutedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconvoluted

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Here the history of embodiment overlaps with theconvolutedand confused history of another sign denoting identity, namely jati.
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The case with applied mathematics was even moreconvoluted, especially g iven important developments over the pr ior twenty years.
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Aconvolutedplot involves an old man who wins a lottery prize but does not know it until he reads about it in the newspaper.
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Towards the inside of the cell the junction isconvoluted(arrowhead) and lacks the electron-dense coating.
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The issue is furtherconvolutedby different treatments of long-rang electrostatic interactions, but overall recent energy functions have similar performance.
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The dream was to quantify these forces as the basis for systematizing theconvolutedrelations among substances throughout nature.
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The networks involved in clandestine trade of ration cards and coupons could becomeconvoluted.
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The sheer quantity of volumes has coagulated the categorisation and locational systems,convolutedthe access and retrieval procedures and converted security and preservation into paranoia.
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Together, the above patterns combine to create the picture of a living city that depends in large part on itsconvoluted, permeable interfaces.
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When described in this fashion, the basic anatomy of such hearts is straightforward and unambiguous, if described in somewhatconvolutedfashion.
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Two of the three sale properties which left their owners' hands between 1700 and 1750 had moreconvolutedhistories.
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Fine-scale mixing of the fluids then takes place a t theconvolutedinterfaces.
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He felt powerless before theconvolutedworkings of state power, like a minor character in a story over whose development he could exert no control.
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In the midst of this typicallyconvolutedoperatic situation, the sudden playing of a tango might seem a mere hiccup.
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Needless to say, these issues were much moreconvolutedthan mere matrimonial arrangements.
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