roundabout

单词roundabout

基本解释

adj.: 迂回的；间接的；兜圈子的
n.: （交通）环岛；（游乐设施）旋转平台
网络: 圆环；转弯抹角的；绕道的，不直接的

权威解释

• （交通）环岛:

  a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction

• （游乐设施）旋转平台:

  a round platform for children to play on in a park, etc. that is pushed round while the children are sitting on it

• 迂回的；间接的；兜圈子的:

  not done or said using the shortest, simplest or most direct way possible

英汉解释

• 弯曲的

• 间接的

• 迂回的

• 迂回弯转,迂回曲折的

• 环形平面交叉

• 迂回线路

• 绕道

词性分析

• 复数：roundabouts

单词搭配

• adj.+n.:

  roundabout way,roundabout route,roundabout course

同义词

adj.indirectobliquecircuitouswindingmeanderingn.merry-go-roundcarouselridetraffic islandjunctionadv.aroundnear herenearbyaboutin the area

反义词

adj.direct

例句

• He said he hoped the country could become "the Asian Roundabout" for trade on "the new Silk Road" with "a dynamic service sector" .

  同时他希望阿富汗能成为富有“蓬勃发展的服务业”的“新丝绸之路”上交易的“亚洲环形交通枢纽”。

• If you were going to accept multiparty democracy after 10 years of war, why go about this in a roundabout way?

  如果在10年的战争之后，你们打算接受多党民主，为什么要通过如此曲折的道路来实现这一点呢？

• He made sure of his back burrows, as huntsmen say; he hastily despatched one of his agents, by a roundabout way, to guard that issue.

  正如打围的人所说的，他“包抄出路”，他赶忙派了一名助手绕道去把守那出口。

• The spontaneous rise of Silicon Roundabout might have persuaded the government to leave well alone.

  迷你硅谷自发的兴起这个事实可能已经说服政府不要画蛇添足。

• This is just a roundabout way of me reinforcing one of my favorite points: it"s NOT what you say, it"s HOW you say it.

  这是一个我最喜欢的有点绕弯的重点：不是你说什么，而是你如何说。

• It was a trick of his to rub his hands with a strange roundabout.

  他在转古怪复杂的念头时，有搓手习惯。

• IN DEEPEST Washington state, trooper Dusty Pierpont stands in front of a roundabout trying to persuade motorists to like them.

  在华盛顿州最繁华的市区，骑警达斯提•皮尔邦德正站在一条环形路的前面，想方设法让经过的司机多往环形路行驶。

• And in what appears to be a curious, roundabout apology for his remarks, he dwells on the "moral values" inherited from his parents.

  沃森声明中还怀着好奇的精神评述了继承于父母的道德价值观，该评述同时也委婉的就他的失当评论致歉。

• It"s not impossible: you can take out a loan that you have the money for and pay it off quickly or take a similarly roundabout route.

  然而也并非不可能：你可以贷一笔款，然后迅速归还或者采取相似的迂回策略。

• My roundabout way of asking was to bring up the fact that the reception was for the cast and the reporters who had just screened the film.

  迂迴地问我是要造就一个事实，即酒会，供演员和记者谁刚刚放映的电影。