convoluted

单词辨析:

complex complicated convoluted 【导航词义:复杂的】
complex adj. 复杂的
〔辨析〕

指各部分的内在关系复杂的。

〔例证〕

the complex structure of the human brain

错综复杂的人脑构造

The government is an extremely complex organization.

政府是一个极其复杂的组织。

Life there is getting more complex and difficult.

那里的生活正在变得越来越复杂和艰难。

complicated adj. 复杂的,难懂的
〔辨析〕

与 complex 的词义接近,但语气更强,强调因极其复杂或非常繁琐而很难理解或处理的。

〔例证〕

This problem is too complicated for me to solve.

这道数学题太复杂了,我解不出来。

The machine is complicated in structure.

这台机器结构复杂。

The country has a very complicated voting system.

这个国家的选举制度非常复杂。

convoluted adj. 错综复杂的,晦涩难懂的
〔辨析〕

指极其复杂而难以理解的。

〔例证〕

a convoluted explanation/speech/sentence

令人费解的阐述/讲话/句子

We don't have enough time to move through the convoluted legal system.

我们没有足够的时间走完复杂难懂的法律程序。

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Attempting to find that answer shows just how convoluted and opaque bank financial statements can be.

人们在努力寻找这个答案的过程中会发现银行的财务报表是多么的扑朔迷离。

For the next gripping twist in this convoluted euro plot, see Le Monde.

欲知错综复杂的欧元演义将有怎样扣人心弦的后续情节,请参见《世界报》。

On a Friday night, an engineer went to the board and wrote down the details of a convoluted problem we had with our ads system.

在某个星期五的晚上,一个工程师在上面写下了一个有关我们广告系统中令人费解的细节问题。

Once you're over that threshold, however, the process begins to get very convoluted.

不过,一旦超过了这个限额,报税的过程就开始变得极其麻烦。

Describing legalese as "a form of religious language", he argued that convoluted language has an undesirable effect.

伊格里森把法律术语说成是一种宗教语言,而且认为晦涩的语言会产生不良的效果。

One reason documents become untraceable in a paper office is convoluted and competitive indexing systems.

纸质办公室中,文档变得不可跟踪的一个原因在于混乱的索引系统。