desultory

基本词汇

英 [ˈdesəltri]

美 [ˈdesəltɔ:ri]

adj.散漫的；断断续续的；不连贯的；杂乱的

副词: desultorily 名词: desultoriness

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desultory在线翻译

adj

1. marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose
jumping from one thing to another

e.g. desultory thoughts
the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties

1. 杂乱的;散漫的;无条理的;漫不经心的
Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.

e.g. The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn.
警察漫不经心地拦着不让他们靠近谷仓。

desultorily
The man continued talking. She answered him desultorily.
那个男人继续说着。她随口应答。

1. 散漫的：destructiveness 破坏性 | desultory 散漫的 | desymbolization 去象征化

2. desultory的意思

2. 散漫的、簿连贯的：80、shrift 忏悔、悔悟、承认 | 81、desultory 散漫的、簿连贯的 | 82、obsolete 荒废的、陈旧的

3. 不连贯的,散漫的：cessation 中止,(短暂的)停止 | desultory 不连贯的,散漫的 | diaphanous (布)精致的,半透明的

4. desultory的翻译

4. 随意的,杂乱的：destrui 毁灭 destroy | desulta 随意的,杂乱的 desultory | detalo 详情 detail

Persons of a light and desultory temper, that skip about, and are blown with every wind, as Grasshoppers are.
出自：R. Bentley
I shot at it but it was so desultory that I missed my aim.
出自：G. White
He found desultory employment as a soda-jerker, or as a delivery boy.
出自：T. C. Wolfe
The rest of the short afternoon..had been lost to..napping, reading, and desultory chatter about the children, the new position that was in the offing, the utopia that was possible after that.
出自：I. Wallace
The search out west, desultory as it was compared with the scouring of the Blue Mountains.
出自：R. Travers
He pushed the tagliatelli around his plate in a desultory way, indifferent to the gaieties of the Piazza Navona.
出自：A. Guinness