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词汇 spotty
释义 spotty
adjective
uk /ˈspɒt.i/ us /ˈspɑː.t̬i/

spottyadjective (SKIN)


UK
used to describe a person with spots on their skin: (人的皮肤)多丘疹的,多粉刺的
I knew him when he was just a spotty youth.在他还是个满脸粉刺的少年时,我就认识他了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Skin complaints & blemishes
acne rosacea
age spot
anti-crack
anti-dandruff
anti-leprosy
cold sore
cyst
dermatitis
macular
nettlerash
papular
papule
pemphigus
pimply
prickle
pustule
scabby
ulcer
verruca
wart

spottyadjective (NOT ALWAYS GOOD)


US(UKpatchy)
bad in some parts: (质量)参差不齐的,有好有坏的
She has a fairly spotty work record.她的工作业绩时好时坏。
Sales have picked up a little but they're still spotty.销售有所好转,但仍然起伏不定。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Quite good, or not very good
acceptable
acceptably
adequacy
adequate
adequately
goodish
government
half decent
iffy
impure
passable
passably
patchily
patchiness
patchy
scratch
the/your average bearidiom
unspectacular
up to scratchidiom
weedy

Examples of spotty


spotty
They have a spottier record on the second commandments, those associated with errors of omission.
There was fibrotic replacement of the muscle fibers with spotty calcification and rare lymphocytes in the septum.
However, cost-effectiveness literature is limited, with spotty coverage.
While many varieties are represented, the samples seem to be somewhat sparse and uneven, and the sound quality spotty.
While knowledge of these components is still quite spotty, tuna inventories, for example, have started collecting gender data on catches.
Additionally, we find it plausible that a rational agent may have spotty priors.
In addition to these trends, heavy elements show spotty distributions that are helpful in interpreting the core profiles.
When it comes to viewing the councils as instruments of revelation, many agree that the record of councils, even the major ones, is extremely spotty.
In short, the extant evidence is spotty.
Elsewhere, the history is spotty and careless.
Where the police force is underpaid, poorly trained, and corrupt, enforcement of any law, including one having to do with the environment, is bound to be spotty.
I am told you can drink it without becoming fat, spotty or developing a hangover, according to some of the publicity in favour of it.
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We are not dealing with those who have been described as spotty-faced 16-year-olds.
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All those measures are designed to deal in different ways with the same problem, that of spotty but sometimes severe unemployment.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Here again, it is going to be spotty.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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