hit-or-miss
adjective
us/ˈhɪt·ərˈmɪs/(alsohit-and-miss,us/ˈhɪt·ənˈmɪs/)aslikelyto bebadas to be good,esp. because of not beingplannedororganizedwell:
Theserviceyou get in thesebigstorescan be hit-or-miss,dependingon thesalespersonyoutalkto.
| 单词 | hit-or-miss |
| 释义 | hit-or-miss adjective us/ˈhɪt·ərˈmɪs/(alsohit-and-miss,us/ˈhɪt·ənˈmɪs/)aslikelyto bebadas to be good,esp. because of not beingplannedororganizedwell: Theserviceyou get in thesebigstorescan be hit-or-miss,dependingon thesalespersonyoutalkto. Examplesofhit-or-misshit-or-miss The success of implementing an agrienvironmental practice may, therefore, behit-or-missand such deployments are rarely followed up with routine monitoring. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, according to thehit-or-missprinciple, peccary foraging should result in greater between-site variance than seed removal by rodents. From theCambridge English Corpus Instruction in the use of computers is indeed available for most graduate students, but this can be very much ahit-or-missaffair. From theCambridge English Corpus The first eight years of television were remarkable for their experimental nature and the often hit-or-missattitudes that permeated the actions of all participants involved. From theCambridge English Corpus Certain generalizations have emerged from thishit-or-missinvestigation. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, peccary herds might by chance miss some resource patches (hit-or-misshypothesis), whereas smaller seed predators, including insects, can be expected to discover most or all resource patches. From theCambridge English Corpus It has seemed to me to be rather ahit-or-missbusiness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment, it is rather ahit-or-missmatter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that this clause was drafted on ahit-or-missbasis with no justification in logic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I assume, therefore, that it was either ahit-or-missfigure or it was arrived on some consideration of the average wage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That would end the current haphazard,hit-or-misssystem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Protecting individuals with regard to information, is a difficult andhit-or-missendeavour. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Otherwise, there is a risk that they will behit-or-missaffairs which do not have the desired effect. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It will not be the old inquiry, addressedhit-or-missto the man without a licence, so much as to the man who has a set. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not think it is good business to make thesehit-or-missguesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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