deviousness
n. 迂回; 曲折
If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private...
纽曼阴险得很,明里一套,暗里一套。
By devious means she tracked down the other woman.
她通过不正当的手段追查到了另外那个女人。
A devious route or path to a place involves many changes in direction, rather than being as straight and direct as possible.
He followed a devious route.
他走了一条迂回路线。
1. the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
2. the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
Besides, deviousness isn't your style.
此外, 旁敲侧击也不是你的作风.
These adjectives mean disposed to or marked by indirection or deviousness in the gaining an end.
这些形容词都有通过或表明通过间接或迂回手段最终获得.