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单词 motley
释义
motley
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈmɒt.li/us
/ˈmɑːt.li/
consisting of many differenttypesthat do notappearto go together:
混杂的；不同种类的
There's a motleyassortment/collectionofoldfurniturein thehousewe'rerentingnow.我们现在租住的房子里有一堆杂七杂八的旧家具。
Thepeoplewhoturnedup for themeetingwere a motleycrew(= agroupconsisting of many differenttypesofpeople).出席会议各色人等都有。
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(Definition ofmotleyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

motley| American Dictionary

motley
adjective
us
/ˈmɑt·li/
consisting of many differenttypes,parts, orcolorsthat do notseemtobelongtogether:
A motleycrewofeducatorsandstudentsgatheredat theseminar.
(Definition ofmotleyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmotley

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It is the study of the means by which we sanction belief in the outcome of simulation studies, despite theirmotleymethodology.
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Conspicuously absent, even in that verymotleypicture, are back vowels of any length in the left half of the structure.
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Themotleyexpressions of civil associational life were of various hues.
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Occultism swallows upmotleydiscourses whose only shared feature is ideological disenfranchisement.
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Although jobbers were often represented as an archetype, they were, in fact, a rathermotley, indeed heterogeneous, group.
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They insist, then, on "a single property" because common intuition demands it, but that property can nevertheless be amotleyjumble of types of reflectances.
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Understanding the conceptual change that managed care represents is the first step to a responsible assessment of themotleyguises of managed care.
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Despite care taken in analysis, this was unavoidable due to the small, structurally complex,motleynature of the zircons.
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The last section is alsomotley, although interesting.
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Every act on themotleybills was produced and staged independently.
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Strip off themotleyforms of culture and one finds the structural and functional regularities of social organization.
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Motleyinterpreted it as a negative signal.
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A bonnetmaker may know no more about bonnets than that they are an alternative to bowler hats when going to mix with themotleycrowd.
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I do not think he can be proud of themotleycollection of coins he issues for our use.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They seem a rathermotleycollection of drafting amendments.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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