The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.

惟一的通路是一条弯弯曲曲的山路。

In the intergranular spaces of rocks, however, fluid must flow around and between grains in a tortuous path; this winding path causes a resistance to flow.

然而，在粒间孔发育的岩石中，流体必须在颗粒周围的曲折通道中流动；而这种曲折通道会对其流动产生阻力。

We have travelled a tortuous road.

我们走过了曲折的道路。

The way ahead is tortuous.

前面的路是曲折的。

Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.

人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程。

The J-15 has followed an even more tortuous route.

而歼-15有更曲折的历史。

The future is bright, but the path ahead will be tortuous.

前途是光明的，但今后的道路将是曲折的。

EUROPE's companies negotiate a costly and tortuous patent regime.

欧洲企业在设法应对既费用高昂又纷繁复杂的专利制度。

The second has involved a tortuous row over imported second-hand cars.

第二次是关于二手汽车的进口问题，双方有过曲折的争吵。

Improving regulation is a tortuous process, as new chemical rules show.

新的化学物品条例表明，完善管控过程曲折复杂。

One heavier than another, like hours, on hometown tortuous mountain roads.

一个比一个重，像小时，您在老家弯曲的山道上。

Many at the conference likened it to the tortuous process of conquering addiction.

会议上许多人把这个曲折的过程与戒绝毒瘾相比较。

She was decommissioned in 1997, and the search for a final resting place has been tortuous.

“克莱蒙梭”号1997年就退役了。 但为她（注1）寻找一个最终安息之地的过程却一波三折。

Wall Street firms have spent years on the often-tortuous road to setting up operations in China.

华尔街投行花费了数年时间、经历了诸多周折才建立起了在华业务。

Each tortuous round of negotiations ahead of Copenhagen has lengthened the list of issues up for debate.

哥本哈根会议前每一次曲折的谈判都让一系列辩论的话题拖延了。

When a plot takes a long, tortuous route, then-as any mariner will tell you-stars are essential for navigation.

当电影情节沿着一条漫长而拐弯抹角路线展开时，正如很多海员会跟你讲的那样，“明星”是航行中最必不可少的。