Byzantine

英 [baɪˈzæntaɪn]

美 [ˈbɪzəntiːn]

adj.  拜占庭帝国的; 东罗马帝国的; 拜占庭建筑风格的(尤指有高穹顶和马赛克装饰的教堂); 复杂神秘而死板的

复数：byzantines　

GRE

BNC.10800 / COCA.12510

牛津词典

adj.

• 拜占庭帝国的；东罗马帝国的
  connected with Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire
• 拜占庭建筑风格的（尤指有高穹顶和马赛克装饰的教堂）
  used to describe architecture of the 5th to the 15th centuries in the Byzantine Empire, especially churches with high central domes and mosaics
• 复杂神秘而死板的
  complicated, secret and difficult to change
  1. an organization of byzantine complexity
     拜占庭式复杂诡秘死板的机构

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 拜占庭的；拜占庭帝国的
  Byzantinemeans related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
  1. ...Byzantine civilisation...
     拜占庭文明
  2. There are also several well-preserved Byzantine frescoes.
     也有几处保存完好的拜占庭时期的壁画。
• ADJ-GRADED （体制、程序）拜占庭式的，错综复杂的，诡秘的
  If you describe a system or process asbyzantine, you are criticizing it because it seems complicated or secretive.
  1. ...a byzantine system of rules and trading arrangements.
     包含各种规则和贸易协定的错综复杂的体系

双语例句

• Politics and cultural conflicts between Egypt and Byzantine Empire have caused the early religious doctrine dispute, and finally Coptic Church stepped onto the independent path.
  埃及与拜占廷帝国间的政治、文化冲突导致了早期教义纷争的出现，最终科普特教会走上独立发展的道路。
• The backgrounds are either architectural in the Byzantine style, or mountainous.
  背景不是拜占庭式的建筑，就是山峦。
• Byzantine empire: empire, southeastern and southern Europe and Western asia.
  拜占庭帝国：位于欧洲东南方和南方及亚洲西部的帝国。
• Under Roman, Byzantine, and Persian rule, Jewish presence in the province dwindled.
  之后，在罗马、拜占庭和波斯的统治之下，犹太人逐渐减少。
• Viewed from treaty of postwar, Byzantine and Rus is equal.
  从战后双方签订的条约看，拜占廷和基辅罗斯的关系是平等的。
• The11-13th century was one transitional period of Byzantine society.
  11-13世纪是拜占廷社会的一个转折时期。
• The images were Gothic or Byzantine rather than classical.
  这些形象属哥特式或者拜占庭式而非古典式。
• The design is in the tradition of Russian Byzantine architecture.
  该设计沿袭了俄罗斯拜占庭建筑风格的传统。
• Used by the Byzantine Empire since the6th century, with a central tower with a firing platform for marines.
  德罗蒙战舰是六世纪来拜占庭帝国独有战舰，甲板上建有塔楼，为水兵们提供射击平台。
• They are built on the Byzantine pattern, in small scale, and have painted fresco decoration.
  他们以拜占廷式的图案建造，小面积地用壁画做装饰。