desultory
adj. 断断续续的；散漫的；不连贯的，无条理的
adj.
散乱的；东拉西扯的；不按程序的；没有条理的
英英释义
desultory[ 'desəltəri ]
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"
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
His conduct during these first weeks had been desultory beyond description.
在这两三个礼拜之内，他的行动可以说是散漫得没法形容。
He broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs.
他突然开始和我漫无边际地谈起他的生意来了。
Our planning proceeded in a desultory fashion.
我们的计划工作是以一种杂乱无章的方式进行的。
权威例句
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Presidential Address: India Beyond the Ganges--Desultory Reflections on the Origins of Civilization in Sotheast Asia
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desultory
desultory: [16] Latin dēsultor designated a circus trick-rider who jumped from the back of one horse to another while they were galloping along (it was a derivative of dēsilīre, a compound verb formed from dē- ‘down’ and salīre ‘jump’, source of or related to English assail, assault, insult, salacious, salient, and sally). From it was derived an adjective dēsultōrius ‘jumping from one thing to another like a dēsultor’, hence ‘superficial’, and eventually ‘unmethodical, irregular’, the sense which survives in English.=> assail, assault, insult, salacious, salient
desultory (adj.)
1580s, "skipping about," from Latin desultorius "hasty, casual, superficial," adjective form of desultor (n.) "a rider in the circus who jumps from one horse to another while they are in gallop," from desul-, stem of desilire "jump down," from de- "down" (see de-) + salire "to jump, leap" (see salient (adj.)). Sense of "irregular, without aim or method" is c. 1740. Related: Desultorily; desultoriness.
1. At first the conversation was desultory. Nevertheless Martin could not fail to appreciate the keen play of their minds.
谈话开始时有点凌乱，但马丁仍可以欣赏到他们那敏锐的心灵活动。
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2. It was sad that we had only a desultory array of groceries to work with, but each night I would spend hours conjuring magic from a limited universe of ingredients.
遗憾的是，我们只有一些东拼西凑的食物可以用。但是我每天晚上都会花上几个小时变戏法似的烹饪那些有限的原料。
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3. 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。
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4. The Democrats made desultory attempts to revive economic populism in 2000 and in 2004: Al Gore campaigned for “the people against the powerful” and John Kerry denounced outsourcing companies.
在2000年和2004年民主党用杂乱无章的努力方式试图重振经济民粹主义。戈尔发起了“人民反对强权运动”，约翰凯利对外包公司给予谴责。
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5. Its training is desultory, maintenance of its equipment is profoundly inadequate, and it is dependent on the United States for funding and logistical support.
军队训练时断时续，装备维护远远不够，而且军队严重依赖美国提供经费支持和后勤保障。
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6. Though his wealth allowed him a desultory life, he was “driven and motivated by his goals,” as a relative put it.
虽然他的财富足够让他过上衣食无忧的生活，但如一名亲属所言，他“有自己的奋斗目标，这一直鞭策和激励着他”。
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7. The voice of wayside pansies, that do not attract the careless glance, murmurs in these desultory lines.
幽径边，紫罗兰的情愫难以招徕那无心的一瞥，只得吟诵着零乱的诗句喃喃责怨。
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8. This is the front line in a strange, desultory war.
这是一种奇怪的，断断续续的战争前线。
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9. MorpheusRestrict treatment: Basically apply to those nightly often awake orMorpheusPatient of desultory serious and chronic insomnia.
睡眠限制疗法：主要适用于那些夜间常常醒来或睡眠断断续续的严重慢性失眠病人。
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10. Such complaints have become louder since a desultory gathering of trade ministers in Geneva broke up on July 1st, earlier than planned and with virtually no progress to report.
自从七月一号混乱的日内瓦贸易部长会议破裂后，比原计划早而且实质上没有任何进展，这种抱怨声更大。
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11. Desultory in, he slowly the deposit in speaking him heart: Poor of him family circumstances, the little brother is agelong and outer work fend, the mother of old relies on one of person provide for.
断断续续中，他缓缓道出了自己心中的淤积：自己家境贫寒，弟弟长年在外打工谋生，年迈的母亲靠其一人赡养。
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12. Gyan Babu, after taking me through "The Birth of the War-god" and one or two other books in a desultory fashion, went off to take up a legal career.
GyanBabu在伴我草草读完《战神的诞生》以及其他一两本著作之后，跳槽去法律行业了。
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13. Gyan Babu, after taking me through "The Birth of the War-god" and one or two other books in a desultory fashion, went off to take up a legal career.
GyanBabu在伴我草草读完《战神的诞生》以及其他一两本著作之后，跳槽去法律行业了。
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14. He tactfully stayed out of all but the most desultory conversations with the members.
他机灵地避免和会员进行任何谈话，除非随便闲聊几问。
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15. The watery sunshine rested on the walls in blurred and desultory gleame.
淡淡的阳光象水一样洒在墙上，斑斑驳驳的。
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16. The firing was desultory.
这种射击是零零碎碎的。
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17. 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。
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18. His conduct during these first weeks had been desultory beyond description.
在这两三个礼拜之内，他的行动可以说是散漫得没法形容。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
19. Our planning proceeded in a desultory fashion.
我们的计划工作是以一种杂乱无章的方式进行的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
20. Wilson and Gallagher play a desultory game of poker.
威尔逊和加拉格尔心不在焉地打着扑克。
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21. She received him in a little parlor: a small unspeckled bower, ornamented with a desultory foliage of tissuepaper.
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。
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22. The German assaulted on Russia also momentarily disrupted the desultory JapaneseAmerican talks.
德国突袭俄国，也暂时打断当时断断续续进行的日、美谈判。
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23. That he was a desultory tentative student of something and everything might only have been predicated of him.
我们只可预言一下，说他只是一个轻尝浅试、旁收杂览、样样通，样样松的学生罢了。
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