英语释义

1. marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
a dragged-out ordeal of … desultory shopping
— Herman Wouk

2. not connected with the main subject
desultory comments

3. disappointing in progress, performance, or quality
a desultory fifth place finish a desultory wine

4. not having a plan or purpose

5. done without serious effort

英汉例句

• morning rehearsal had not yet begun for lord henshaw「s men, and only a few of the players sat there, desultorily running their lines as old madge swept up the used rushes of yesterday」s performance.

  亨肖领主剧组清晨的排练还没开始，这会儿只有几个演员坐在那儿，懒散地串着台词，老玛奇在一旁打扫着昨天演出后用过的灯心草。

• and in brussels a caretaker prime minister has run belgium desultorily since an election in june 2010—beating all records for government paralysis.

  而在比利时，自2010年6月大选之后，整个国家一直由看守首相在勉强维持---刷新了政府关门的纪录。

• in fact, she has begun to solve the constituent structural frame with daedal yahoo, control this to plant desultorily culture.

  事实上，她已经开始解决雅虎错综复杂的组织构架，控制这种杂乱无章的文化。

• they had spent some time wandering desultorily thus, tess eating in a half pleased, half reluctant state whatever d'urberville offered her.

  他们就这样漫无目的地逛着，消磨了一阵时光，每当德贝维尔请她吃草莓，她都半推半就地吃了。

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aimless没有目标的；无目的的

arbitrary[数] 任意的；武断的；专制的

catch-as-catch-can用尽一切方法能抓到什么就抓到什么

erratic漂泊无定的人；古怪的人

haphazard偶然；偶然事件

helter-skelterad 仓促忙乱地；杂乱地

randomad 胡乱地

scattered分散的；散乱的

slapdash匆促的；草率的；粗心的，马虎的

stray迷路，走失，偏离；逃离，离题，走神；（眼睛或手悠閑地）移动；出轨，有外遇；游蕩，徘徊

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nonrandom[计] 非随机的

orderly勤务兵；传令兵；护理员

organized组织（organize的过去分词）

regular定期的；有规律的；合格的；整齐的；普通的

systematic系统的；体系的；有系统的；[图情] 分类的；一贯的，惯常的