1·He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.
他今天绕道前往约旦，也将很快到达埃及。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·We drove home by a roundabout route.
我们开车绕道回的家。
3·The cab driver ripped me off by taking a roundabout route.
出租车司机绕道行走，宰了我。
4·Don't take a roundabout route, otherwise you will be late.
不要绕远道，否则会迟到。
5·In December 1990, for example, NASA's Galileo spacecraft slingshotted around the Earth on its roundabout route to Jupiter.
例如，1990年12月NASA的伽利略号宇宙飞船以其迂回的路线前往木星的途中，围绕着地球作射弹式的飞行。
6·Irony is not understood by taking the roundabout route of processing the ironic utterance, but rather it is grasped relatively directly in the appropriate context.
反讽话语并非是通过对处理反讽明说采取迂回路线来理解的，而是在恰当的语境中被相对直接地领会。
7·The route was getting a little too roundabout for me.
对我来说，路有些太绕弯了。
8·The taxi didn't go by the direct route, but in a roundabout way.
出租车没有走直路，而是绕道行驶。
9·Detour: a roundabout way or course especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.
弯路：一条迂回曲折的路，尤指一条代替主干道的临时使用的路径。