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。)
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。)
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。)
The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.(惟一的通路是一条弯弯曲曲的山路。)
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。)
We have travelled a tortuous road.(我们走过了曲折的道路。)
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。)
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 J-15 has followed an even more tortuous route.(而歼-15有更曲折的历史。)
