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- of or relating to Byzantium, the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church（与）拜占庭（有关）的; （与）拜占庭帝国（有关）的; （与）东正教（有关）的。
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- of an ornate artistic and architectural style which developed in the Byzantine Empire and spread to Italy, Russia, and elsewhere. The art is generally rich and stylized (as in religious icons) and the architecture is typified by many-domed, highly decorated churches.拜占庭艺术风格的; 拜占庭建筑风格的（发展于拜占庭帝国, 后传入意大利、俄罗斯等地, 其艺术作品常华丽并以宗教偶像为风格, 建筑尤以多穹顶、极具装饰的教堂为典型）。
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- (of a system or situation) excessively complicated, and typically involving a great deal of administrative detail（系统, 情况）极其复杂的（尤指涉及众多管理细节）：
Byzantine insurance regulations.
繁复的保险规则。
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- characterized by deviousness or underhand procedure刁滑的; 行事诡秘的：
Byzantine intrigues
诡秘的阴谋
he has the most Byzantine mind in politics.
他有最诡秘的政治头脑。
- a citizen of Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire拜占庭（或拜占庭帝国）公民。
派生词
Byzantinism
/-tɪnɪzəm/ noun词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin Byzantinus, from BYZANTIUM.