这项提案费了一番周折才在议会上通过。

The bill had a difficult passage through Parliament.

现在，不需要太多的周折，是时候翻开本书去开开眼界吧。

Now, without further ado, it's time to turn the page and expand your horizons.

孙辈光是弄清到尽头是何题面就已穷竭周折，国里外征求开锁圣手。

The light is out to end the grandchildren is what question was exhaustion setbacks, country inside and outside for lock factory.

但这需要修改正式的公约，考虑到里斯本条约的签订费尽了周折，所以很少人愿意考虑此种方案。

But this would require a formal treaty change, which few are willing to consider after the long travails over Lisbon.

医务人员乘直升机到达该岛，而船载救援物资因恶劣天气而受阻，从苏门答腊岛巴东港来大约费了半天的周折。

Medical personnel were arriving on helicopters but boats bearing aid have been hampered by bad weather around the islands, which are about half a day's journey away from the port of Padang on Sumatra.