tortuous meaning in English
adj.
1.弯扭的，曲折的(路、河等)，盘旋的。
2.不正派的，不正当的，骗人的(政策等)。
3.委婉的(话)。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
Examples
- But the negotiations proved long and tortuous .
但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。 - Haig kept me informed of his tortuous discussions with nixon on the subject .
黑格经常向我通报他与尼克松就此问题的曲折磋商情况。 - There stirred in her a tortuous impulse to push the matter toward decision .
这件事非得解决不可，她心痒痒地要来试一下，简直如坐针毡。 - She went out of the town by a tortuous back street, and drove slowly along, unconscious of the road and the scene .
她从一条弯弯曲曲的后街出了城，慢慢地赶着车，既无心看道路，也无心看周围的景色。 - Life is but a hard and tortuous journey
人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程. /人生无坦途