| 词汇 | slovenliness |
| 释义 | slovenliness noun[ U ] uk /ˈslʌv.ən.li.nəs/ us /ˈslʌv.ən.li.nəs/ the quality of being untidy and dirty: 脏乱;邋遢 I visited two factories and was amazed by the dirt and slovenliness everywhere.我参观了两家工厂，对随处可见的污垢和脏乱感到惊讶。 I hate the casual slovenliness on the Tube, as passengers leave rubbish everywhere. 我讨厌地铁上日常的脏乱，因为乘客把垃圾丢得到处都是。 See slovenly He was standing there in clothes indicative of utter slovenliness and indifference to appearances. There seemed nothing much wrong with the ship aside from general neglect and slovenliness. His head teacher had laid down a policy of stitching the boys' pockets shut to discourage slovenliness. Dirt & untidiness bloodstain clutter contaminant contamination crud fleck grime grunge gunge gunk muck pollutant polluter recontamination scrappiness scruff shambles slime slob smear Examples of slovenlinessslovenliness What more massive indictment of inefficiency, short-sightedness and slovenliness in government can be attributed to them than that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are met by anything like slackness or slovenliness of instruction, they at once become disgusted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It prevents anything like slovenliness in the presentation of a prosecution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That kind of criticism brought against such a scheme as this surely is not part of his charge of slovenliness and forgetfulness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was their own slovenliness in that respect that has landed them in this position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to be the product of a draftsman's slovenliness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to excuse slovenliness, but that fact should be emphasised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My noble friend gave us a good deal of extremely interesting information, and he usefully corrected a certain slovenliness in my geography. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless there is constant supervision, it appears that slackness and slovenliness may creep in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They seem to show some slovenliness in preparation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How unedifying it is that we have now got down to a question of degrees of slovenliness of our schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This man goes on to describe how, as machinery came in and was used in the wrong way, much slovenliness and many casualties crept into the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he agree with me that too many television presenters, especially of programmes for young children, seem to court meretricious popularity by aping the accents and slovenliness of the incoherent? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe, in spite of all breezes over my innate slovenliness, it would have broken our hearts to leave off working together. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The repetitions, redundancies, and slovenliness of expression may be partly due to the haste with which (as the author frequently states) it was written. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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