Byzantine
adjective /baɪˈzæntaɪn/, /bɪˈzæntaɪn/
/ˈbɪzəntiːn/
[usually before noun]- connected with Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire
拜占庭帝国的；东罗马帝国的 - used to describe architecture of the 5th to the 15th centuries in the Byzantine Empire, especially churches with high central domes and mosaics
拜占庭建筑风格的（尤指有高穹顶和马赛克装饰的教堂） - (also byzantine)(formal) (of an idea, a system, etc.
思想、制度等 复杂神秘而死板的 - an organization of byzantine complexity
拜占庭式复杂诡秘死板的机构
- an organization of byzantine complexity
词源late 16th cent.: from Latin Byzantinus, from Byzantium, the ancient Greek city founded in the 7th century BC, rebuilt by Constantine the Great in AD 324-30 as Constantinople.