英 [ˈtɔːtʃuəs] 美 [ˈtɔːrtʃuəs]
adj. 拐弯抹角的；冗长费解的；弯弯曲曲的，曲折的
tortuous /ˈtɔːtjʊəs/ TEM4
形容词 A tortuous road is full of bends and twists. 弯弯曲曲的
The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.
惟一的通路是一条弯弯曲曲的山路。
形容词 A tortuous process or piece of writing is very long and complicated. 冗长复杂的
...these long and tortuous negotiations aimed at ending the conflict.
…这些漫长曲折的谈判旨在结束冲突。
highly complex or intricate
tortuous legal procedures ; tortuous negotiations lasting for months
同义词： Byzantine / convoluted / involved / knotty / tangled
marked by repeated turns and bends
a tortuous road up the mountain
同义词： twisting / twisty / winding / voluminous
not straightforward
his tortuous reasoning
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Pressure drop of blood pressure increased, pre-tortuosity flow velocity speeded, post-tortuosity flow rate decreased obviously when the angle of tortuous elongated artery was less than 30°.
后压降明显增加，扭曲前流速明显加快，扭曲后血流量明显下降。
参考来源颈部动脉伸长扭曲的血流动力学研究
...索如何克服,你不断地否定自已,你发现差池,你改正错误(Error),你不断地超越自我,你在最大限度地打败自已,你在Dubo的曲折(Tortuous)道路上探索, 你经历满身伤痕，长途跋涉的孤独，你越来越真切地感觉自已(Own)的渺小.
比喻不同的做法或说话取得同样的效果 [ tortuous ] 迂回曲折的 [ verse popular in Yuan Dynasty ] 元代的杂剧和散曲，有时专指杂剧 ..
... 〖circularity〗指在思想或表达方式上绕圈子的性质或状态 〖tortuous;circuit;indirect;roundabout〗曲折回旋的；环绕的 〖absurdview〗迂腐而不切实际。不合事理的见解 ...
tortuously 弯曲地；欺骗地；居心叵测地；转弯抹角地
tortuosity 曲折；弯曲度；迂回曲折
The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.
惟一的通路是一条弯弯曲曲的山路。
In the intergranular spaces of rocks, however, fluid must flow around and between grains in a tortuous path; this winding path causes a resistance to flow.
然而，在粒间孔发育的岩石中，流体必须在颗粒周围的曲折通道中流动；而这种曲折通道会对其流动产生阻力。
Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程。
I discussed Soviet movies with expatriates. I sat with uranists in the Deux Magots. I published tortuous essays in obscure journals.
我和流浪者大谈苏联电影，我和,铀矿学家一起坐在“第二人像“里，我在小报上发表。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"There are four lanes, each with a different clock, " commented another long-time observer of these tortuous talks.
Rather than hammering out tortuous compromises, there were set-piece battles in which the liberals broadly prevailed.
That includes a tortuous calculation of a 2% excise tax on net investment income.