byzantine

美['bɪzəntiːn] 英[baɪ'zæntaɪn]

adj. 拜占庭的；拜占庭式建筑风格的；错综复杂的；暗中的

n. 拜占庭人

近义词：complicated，convoluted，tortuous，complex，intricate，devious，scheming，underhand，deceitful，secretive，plotting，dishonest，calculating，involved，knotty，tangled，

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Noun

a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

Adjective

of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it;
"Byzantine monks" "Byzantine rites"
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;
"the Byzantine tax structure" "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship" "convoluted legal language" "convoluted reasoning" "the plot was too involved" "a knotty problem" "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering" "Oh, what a tangled web we weave" "tortuous legal procedures" "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

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The chief sources for the Greek mathematical works are Byzantine Greek codices.希腊的数学著作主要取材于拜占庭的希腊文手抄本。
That is a bill to simplify the Byzantine tax structure.那是一项简化错综复杂的财税结构的议案。

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