Desultory
['des(ə)lt(ə)rɪ;-z-] or ['dɛsəltɔri]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; 'desultory thoughts'; 'the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties' .
校對:梅勒妮--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Leaping or skipping about.
(a.) Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds.
(a.) Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
道格拉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Immethodical, unconnected, unsystematic, irregular, fitful, capricious, rambling, wandering, roving, discursive, cursory, slight, by fits and starts.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Rambling, discursive, loose, unmethodical, superficial, unsettled, erratic,inexact, spasmodic, fitful, freakish, aberrant, unsystematic, cursory, roving,hasty, slight
ANT:Settled, consecutive, earnest, serious, persevering, continuous, methodical,exact, diligent, untiring, recurrent, periodical, systematic
卡里校對
解釋/意思:
adj. jumping from one thing to another: without rational or logical connection: rambling: hasty: loose.—adv. Des′ultorily.—n. Des′ultoriness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Out of this question and reply sprang a change in the chat--chat it still remained, easy, desultory, familiar gossip. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- In these desultory ramblings she passed the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, a little lower down than her grandfather's. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- What a desultory conversation! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- But the firing was desultory. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Suddenly her expression changed from desultory enjoyment to active conjecture, and she turned to Selden with a question. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
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