contorted

常见例句

” the grammar may seem contorted, and the usage may be unfamiliar, but you get the picture immediately.
，这时语法似乎扭曲了，且这种用法可能有点新奇，但你立即了解了概略情况。
Charlier is an archaeologist and forensic pathologist at the University of Paris; the face in his hands may as well be contorted in a grimace.
查理尔是巴黎大学的考古学家和法医病理学家；现在在他手中的这块骨头形状扭曲就好像在做鬼脸。
Hence the contorted spectacle of a party preparing for power at a time when the markets are challenging its every orthodoxy.
因此也现了这种扭曲现象：一个政党谋求权力之际，市场却在挑战它方方面面的正统理念。

But absent a buyout, there are plenty of contorted ways to get referrals anyway.
FORBES: Beams and Schemes
For a moment then her eyes were clear, her contorted features loosened and were calm.
NEWYORKER: Faith
The boy was in there stretching and holding contorted positions for extraordinary periods of time.
NEWYORKER: Backbone