| 词汇 | slovenly |
| 释义 | slovenly adjective uk /ˈslʌv.ən.li/ us /ˈslʌv.ən.li/ untidy and dirty: 邋遢的，不整洁的 a slovenly appearance邋遢的外表 I'll have to improve my slovenly habits - my mother's coming to stay.我得改变自己邋遢的习惯——我母亲要来住了。 Dirty & untidy all over the placeidiom Augean besmeared bespattered bloodied look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom look like/as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwardsidiom manky messily messy sluttish sluttishly soiled sordid sordidly unsterilized untidily untidy untrimmed unwashed Related wordslovenliness slovenly | American Dictionaryslovenly adjective us/ˈslʌv·ən·li/ messy, dirty, or not careful: slovenly work a slovenly housekeeper Examples of slovenlyslovenly Seeing his slovenly and quarrelsome wife's face, he leaves his meal and goes outside. He proudly, slovenly, defiantly makes his way downstage. Do these apparently contradictory forms of behaviour mean he is slovenly in his thinking or simply driven by the opportunities of the moment? The substitution of the glottal stop for the plosives undoubtedly accounts in many cases for the dull pitching of the vowels, which is also a characteristic of the slovenly speaker. A criticism of the traditional definitions of word classes sows unnecessary confusion by discussing the very man and slovenly me as problems for the adverb class (206). It invalidates them because it is drawn very vaguely, rather sloppily, and is a bit slovenly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Slovenly and careless work and quarrels over trifling matters are signs of wrong thinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are slovenly in dress, speech and attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My contention is that this is a slovenly and unsatisfactory way of handling the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If an airline is slovenly, late, and considered unsafe, then the various customers will travel by another airline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I protest against such a slovenly proposal as that of incorporating this report with the agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, the only people to suffer would be those slovenly solicitors who gave such advice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fortunately, this slovenly habit has not prevailed here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One thing is quite certain—the government during those 11 months, if these proposals go through, will be slovenly and ignorant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You can see it running right through the proceedings in another place, and the result is slovenly legislation and inadequate debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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