美
['tɔːrtʃuəs]
"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"
"tortuous legal procedures"
"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
"a tortuous road up the mountain"
"winding roads are full of surprises"
"had to steer the car down a twisty track"
"his tortuous reasoning"
The route from Avebury is slow and tortuous.
出自： W. Horwood
