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tor·tu·ous AHD[tôrʹcho͞o-əs] D.J.[ˈtɔːtʃuːəs]K.K.[ˈtɔrtʃuəs]adj.（形容词）- Having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting:弯曲的：具有许多转弯或弯曲的，或以此为特点的；曲折的或扭曲的：a tortuous road through the mountains.山中的一条蜿蜒的道路
- Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:曲折的：不直的；环绕弯曲的；迂回的：a tortuous plot; tortuous reasoning.变化多端的情节；曲折推理
- Highly involved; complex:头绪多的；复杂的：tortuous legal procedures.复杂的法律程序
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Anglo-Norman 源自 英法语
- from Latin tortuōsus 源自 拉丁语 tortuōsus
- from tortus [a twisting] [from past participle of] torquēre [to twist] * see terk w- 源自 tortus [一个弯曲] 源自torquēre的过去分词 [弯曲] * 参见 terk w-
torʹtuously adv.（副词）torʹtuousness n.（名词）- Althoughtortuous and torturous both come from the Latin word torquēre, "to twist,” their primary meanings are distinct.Tortuous means "twisting" ( a tortuous road ) or by extension "complex" or "devious.” Torturous refers primarily to torture and the pain associated with it. However,torturous also can be used in the sense of "twisted" or "strained,” andtortured is an even stronger synonym: 尽管tortuous 和 torturous 都来自同一个拉丁词 torquere （“弯曲”）， 但这两个词的基本意思完全不同。Tortuous 的意思是“弯曲的”( 一条蜿蜓的道路 )或引申为“复杂”或“迂回”的意思。 Torturous 主要指折磨、痛苦以及与之相关的意思。 不过，Torturous 同样也有“扭曲的”和“受压的”意思， 而tortured 是一个意思更为强烈的同义词： tortured reasoning. 极为复杂的推理
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