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单词 desultorily
释义
desultorily
adverb
formal
uk
/ˈdes.əl.tər.əl.i/us
/ˈdes.əl.tɔːr.əl.i/
in a way that is without aclearplanorpurposeandshowslittleeffortorinterest:
散漫地；不连贯地；随便地
They weresittingat thekitchentabletalkingdesultorily.他们坐在厨房的餐桌旁随意交谈着。
Thepeacetalkshave beenproceedingdesultorily for the past twoyears.过去两年，和谈一直在断断续续地进行。
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  • Shewandereddesultorily around thecitycentre.
  • Ahandfulofcouplesdanceddesultorily.
  • Theteamgathereddesultorily around him.
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Useless and futile
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  • fruitlessly
  • fruitlessness
  • futile
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  • no goodidiom
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(Definition ofdesultorilyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesultorily

desultorily
I curseddesultorilywith a smooth whispered flow of curses, because the circumstances seemed to demand it.
FromProject Gutenberg
After supper, he marked seventeen sets of papersdesultorilyin red pencil, then got up to look for the baby book.
FromProject Gutenberg
Slowly, wearily,desultorily, the erosion and desquamation went on.
FromProject Gutenberg
They talkeddesultorilyas the launch thrashed along.
FromProject Gutenberg
She perched on the rail and pulled at the leafless vine-stems beside her, talking idly anddesultorilyof things she was not interested in.
FromProject Gutenberg
She came and sat beside me on the river-balcony, and talked a little,desultorilyand absent-mindedly.
FromProject Gutenberg
Her fellow workers chatteddesultorilyof her as they had opportunity, and complacently thanked their gods that they were not as she--with reason.
FromProject Gutenberg
The storm wore away asdesultorilyas it had come, and the long night set in.
FromProject Gutenberg
Sitting on the uncomfortable wooden stools, or walking idly about, we smoked incessantly, readdesultorilyin magazines and books, and talked spasmodically.
FromProject Gutenberg
He walked to the glass wall and looked outdesultorily.
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In his after-college life, athletics had continued to interest him ifdesultorily.
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In time, the talk between the two young men, which had begun sodesultorily, warmed up.
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He spent whole nights in reading; and no longerdesultorily.
FromProject Gutenberg
Three of our party were sleeping, and the others talked quietly and low,desultorily, as if the drowsiness had half conquered us too.
FromProject Gutenberg
To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's selfdesultorilyor by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.
FromProject Gutenberg
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