The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station.

出租车司机绕道把他们带到警察局。

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At best, it is a very circuitous mechanism.

它至多算是一个非常迂回的途径。

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Why not simply require Banks to run with higher capital ratios, rather than go through a circuitous route by smoothing profits, which investors tend to dislike?

为啥不简单的要求银行提高资产比率呢，而不是通过采用这种投资者不太喜欢的减少利润波动的迂回方式。

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By now you might be thinking that all I have managed to do is take a circuitous route to a pretty standard conclusion: Britain has a really big North-South divide, which is very hard to change.

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Tourists simply enter origin and destination points, and using a Google Maps interface, the global app creates a circuitous route, full of fun detours such as strolling through a nearby park or popping in to a new boutique.

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While Affleck has taken a circuitous route through Hollywood, which included some questionable action movies and a romantic media sensation dubbed Bennifer that led to Gigli and Jersey Girl, the actor has emerged as one of the best young directors in Hollywood today.

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