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Desultory 勤奋的 Strictly Desəltəri A.不连贯的,散漫的 英 Adj.不连贯的,散漫 的

单词 desultory
音标 ['desəltəri]
解释 a.不连贯的,散漫的
红宝书 【英】 adj.不连贯的,散漫 的 (disconnected; not methodical; random)
【考】 反义词:assiduous( 勤奋的); strictly methodical(有严格系 统的)
【记】 de+sult(拿住)+ory→ 拿不住→散漫的
【同】 同根词:consult(谘 询、忠告);insult(侮 辱)
【例】 If she continues to work in that desultory way, she will never finish anything.
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 adj. 不连贯的(从一件事跳到另一件事) = disconnected; 随意的; 任意的 = random
【记】de不, sult拿住-拿不住-散了-不连贯的
【参】consult(v 商议; 请教; 参考); insult(v 侮辱)
【类】desultory: plan = languid: energy = facile: profundity散漫的缺乏计划 = 疲倦的缺乏精力 = 容易的缺乏深刻
【反】assiduous(adj 勤奋的); strictly methodical(有严格系统的)
趣味全助记 【记】de 否定 + result 没有结果,成果,(写论文)没有成果,why? 缺少确定的计划目标,连续性,与主题无关,散漫
【相关】consult 商议 咨询,insult 侮辱,result 结果 成果

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