英语单词 | haphazard |
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英美音标 | 英 [hæp'hæzəd] 美 [hæp'hæzərd] |
中文释义 | adj.偶然的;随意的;杂乱无章的 adv.杂乱地;任意地 n.偶然 |
英语例句 | (1) Meetings occurred in a somewhat haphazard fashion. (2) I don't like the haphazard way he does things. (3) Why did you put the volumes of the encyclopedia in haphazard order? (4) It is just a thing done at haphazard. |
中文例句 | (1) 会见是以多少有点偶然的方式进行的。 (2) 我不喜欢他随意的办事方式。 (3) 你为何把这套百科全书放得杂乱无章? (4) 这只是件偶然为之的事情。 |
vocabulary简明 | Anything haphazard is random, disorganized, slipshod, or hit-or-miss. A tent erected haphazardly might look more like a big nylon bag of dirty laundry than a place to sleep. |
vocabulary扩展 | Ever heard the expression "I'll hazard a guess?" In it, the word hazard means "chance," as in "take a chance." Think of the hap in haphazard as short for "happen." Combine hap- and -hazard and you get something that happens (or appears to have happened) by chance. If you approach a math problem with haphazard reasoning, you're likely to get it wrong. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无计划的;杂乱无章的;任意的 If you describe something as haphazard, you are critical of it because it is not at all organized or is not arranged according to a plan. [disapproval]
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