"tortuous" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 曲折的
• 彎彎曲曲的

Definition

充滿曲折或難以理解、複雜的。既可指實際彎彎曲曲的道路，也可以指複雜難懂的故事或說明。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Tortuous” 很正式，多見於書面語，既形容實際的彎曲（如道路），也可比喻複雜難懂的東西。不要與“torturous”（折磨人的）混淆。

Examples

The river followed a tortuous path through the mountains.

這條河流穿過山脈，走了一條**曲折的**路徑。

We walked up a tortuous road to reach the village.

我們沿著一條**曲折的**路走到村莊。

The lawyer gave a tortuous explanation of the case.

律師對案件做了一個**曲折的**說明。

His journey to success was long and tortuous, full of setbacks.

他通往成功的路非常**曲折**，充滿挫折。

The plot of that novel is so tortuous that I got confused halfway through.

那本小說的情節非常**曲折**，我讀到一半就糊塗了。

Getting through the city’s tortuous alleyways took much longer than we expected.

穿過城市**曲折的**巷弄比我們想像的還要花更多時間。