desultory
美音:
[´desəl´tɔ:rı
]英音:
[´desəl´tɔ:rı
]adj.散漫的,不连贯的,断断续续的
难易程度:
desultory为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:desultoriness 副词:desultorily
词根
sal,sult=to leap(跳)
近义词, 同义词
desultory
/'desəltrɪ; [US] -tɔ:rɪ; `dɛsəl,tɔrɪ/
adj going from one thing to another, without a definite plan or purpose; unmethodical 不连贯的; 漫无计划或目的的; 无条理的
*desultory reading, work 漫无目的的阅读、漫无计划的工作
* desultory attempts to help 毫无计划的随意帮助.
desultory
adj formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: desultorius, from desilire 'to jump down']
done without any particular plan or purpose
They talked briefly in a desultory manner.
>desultorily ['desəltərɪli, 'dez- (US) -tɔːrɪli/