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byzantine

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adj.东罗马帝国的,拜占庭式的 n.拜占庭人,拜占庭派的建筑师,画家

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byzantine


/baɪ'zntaɪn, 'bɪzəntaɪn; `bɪzən,taɪn/
adj
1 of Byzantium or the E Roman Empire 拜占庭帝国的; 东罗马帝国的.
2 of or relating to the Byzantine style of architecture (建筑)拜占庭式的, 拜占庭风格的.
3 (usu derog 通常作贬义) like Byzantine politics, ie complicated, secretive and difficult to change 似拜占庭政治的; 复杂难解的; 行事诡秘的; 难变更的
*an organization of Byzantine complexity 像拜占庭复杂诡秘的机构.

byzantine


adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin;Origin: Byzantinus, from Byzantium Turkish city (now Istanbul), from Greek Byzantion]
alsobyzantine
complicated and difficult to understand
 the byzantine complexity of our tax laws
relating to the Byzantines or the Byzantine empire
 a 5th century Byzantine church