a.

1. 东罗马帝国的
2. 拜占庭式的
3. 错综复杂的
   To complete this task within three years is a Byzantine mission.

   要在三年之内完成这个工作是个错综复杂的任务。

n.

1. 拜占庭人；拜占庭派的建筑师、画家

adj.

1. relating to Byzantium (later called Constantinople, now Istanbul), the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church.
   ▸of a rich and highly decorated artistic and architectural style which developed in the Byzantine Empire and spread to Italy, Russia, and elsewhere.
2. excessively complicated and detailed.
   ▸characterized by deviousness or underhand methods.

n.