desultory
desultory 英 [ˈdesəltri] 美 [ˈdesəltɔri]
adj. 断断续续的；散漫的；不连贯的，无条理的
- If you lack a definite plan or purpose and flit from one thing to another, your actions are desultory. Some people call such desultory wanderings spontaneous. Others call it "being lost."
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- adj. 断断续续的；散漫的；不连贯的，无条理的
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1. 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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2. 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。
- 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.
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