desultory

desultory什么意思,desultory翻译

基本解释

adj.: 漫无目的的；无条理的；随意的
网络: 散漫的；不连贯的；断断续续的

权威解释

• 漫无目的的；无条理的；随意的:

  going from one thing to another, without a definite plan and without enthusiasm

英汉解释

• 无系统的

• 杂乱;无条理的

• 飘逸的

• 心不在焉地,完全不着边际,断断续续进行的

• 离奇的,古怪的

• 不连贯的,无条理的

• 零星,零零碎碎的

• 散漫的,杂乱的

• 散漫,随便,杂乱无章的,随意闲聊,东拉西扯地

同义词

adj.aimlesscasualrandomunfocusedhaphazard

反义词

adj.methodical

例句

• Do not let the discussion fragment into a desultory conversation with no clear direction.

  不要让讨论变得支离破碎，成为没有明确方向的漫谈。

• The careful study of a few books is better than the desultory reading of many.

  精心研究几部书胜过随意地读许多书。

• She read much of a desultory sort of literature and as a modern linguist had really made great proficiency.

  她阅读了不少乱七八糟的作品，作为一个现代语言学家，她当真是非常熟练的。

• She received him in a little parlor: a small unspeckled bower, ornamented with a desultory foliage of tissue paper.

  她在一间小小的客厅里接待他。小小的房间一尘不染，室内装饰着用皱纸做成的飘逸的枝叶。

• That he was a desultory tentative student of something and everything might only have been predicted of him.

  从他身上大概可以猜测出，他是一个对什么事情都想广泛学习的学生。

• But what was, only a decade ago, a desultory campaign against the disease now looks like a determined assault.

  但是就在10年前，应对该疾病所采取的行动还是散乱的，如今似乎变成了坚定的战斗。

• The three brothers and the sister sat round the desolate breakfast table, attempting some sort of desultory consultation.

  兄弟三个和妹妹围坐在黯淡凄凉的餐桌前，勉强东拉西扯着各自的打算。

• After returning from rounding up the cattle on that morning in November, Drummond conducted a desultory few hours of homeschooling.

  11月的那个早上，蕾外出放牧牛群归来后，便开始断断续续地花上几个小时进行家庭教育。

• The two Palestinian factions, bitter rivals for years, have made various desultory efforts to settle their differences.

  这两大多年对立的巴勒斯坦组织，为解决双方的分歧作出了断断续续的各种努力。

• His conduct during these first weeks had been desultory beyond description .

  在开始的几个礼拜里，他的行为散漫得没法形容。