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词汇 byzantine
释义 byzantine
adjective
 formaldisapproving(alsoByzantine)uk /bɪˈzæn.taɪn//ˈbɪz.ən.tiːn/ us /ˈbɪz.ən.tiːn//bɪˈzæn.taɪn/
complicated and difficult to understand: 复杂难懂的;曲折的
rules of byzantine complexity复杂难懂的规则
He called for an overhaul of the byzantine tax system.
The calculations become positively Byzantine in their complexity.
The byzantine legal manoeuvring went on for years.
They are seeking alternatives to the current Byzantine process for channelling money into education schemes.
Anyone who has managed the complex challenges of a large household can survive the most byzantine office intrigues.
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Complexity
advanced
all-singing
baroque
baroquely
be more to something than meets the eyeidiom
finicky
fractally
high-tech
indirectly
insolubility
onerousness
ornate
ornately
over-elaborate
over-fussy
tortuously
tortuousness
twisty
ultra-sophisticated
wheels within wheelsidiom

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Difficult to understand
Byzantine
adjective
uk /bɪˈzæn.taɪn//ˈbɪz.ən.tiːn/ us /ˈbɪz.ən.tiːn//bɪˈzæn.taɪn/
from or relating to the ancient city of Byzantium (also known as Constantinople and now called Istanbul), to the Eastern Roman Empire of which it was the capital from the 4th to the 15th century CE, or to the Eastern Orthodox Church:
Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries.
Her compositions are inspired by religious icons and Byzantine art.
The walls of the cave feature 4th-century rock art similar to Byzantine representations of John the Baptist.
The plundering of Constantinople in 1204 contributed to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire three centuries later.
The Fourth Crusade attacked Constantinople, home of Byzantine Christians.
The jewellery is inspired by Byzantine and Baroque styles, incorporating elaborate flourishes and large gems.
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pre-Columbian
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the Norman Conquest
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Ancient history: before 500 AD
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Byzantine | American Dictionary


Byzantine
adjective
us/ˈbɪz·ənˌtin, bəˈzæn-, -ˌtɑɪn/
world history
of or having to do with the ancient city of Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire

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Perhaps more nuanced, even byzantine, regulations covering such cases in all of their detail might be preferable in some respects.
Dry functions both as a self-consciously byzantine act of storytelling and a pointed commentary on the real conditions of women in rock.
Will he review the criteria now used to prioritise safety improvement schemes, because to some of us they seem both byzantine and counter-intuitive?
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As my noble friend said, perhaps it is a little byzantine.
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As we all know, the mathematics of the rate support grant is byzantine in the extreme.
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Individual bankruptcy, not in all, but in many cases, is humiliating, punitive, obscure, almost byzantine and extremely costly.
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An almost byzantine structure of separate regulations applies in this huge, all-embracing industry, and many of them overlap.
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There is also a danger that we shall end up with a byzantine pay structure.
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With such a system we would not have to talk in the byzantine terms that we have heard today.
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Our reform of child support involves replacing the byzantine complexity of the current formula with a simple percentage.
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There were no byzantine forms to fill in and the only difficulty was trying to find out her national insurance number.
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She then struggled through byzantine procedures involving disciplinary action in a health service that is breaking ranks with national agreements and procedures.
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We are engaged in a byzantine process this afternoon.
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However, many parts of our public services continue to operate within the confines of byzantine procedures.
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To call the operation byzantine would seem only a mild criticism.
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