| 单词 | sloppy |
| 释义 | sloppy (slɒpi ) Word forms: sloppier , sloppiest 1. adjective If you describe someone's work or activities as sloppy, you mean they have been done in a careless and lazy way. [disapproval] He has little patience for sloppy work from colleagues. His language is disjointed and sloppy. sloppily (slɒpɪli ) graded adverb [ADVERB with verb] They lost because they played sloppily. sloppiness uncountable noun Miss Furniss could not abide sloppiness. 2. adjective If you describe someone or something as sloppy, you mean that they are sentimental and romantic. It's ideal for people who like a sloppy movie. ...some sloppy love-story. Synonyms: sentimental, mushy [informal], soppy [British, informal], slushy [informal] Collocations: sloppy play No surprise then that the winner came via some sloppy play. Times, Sunday Times Far too often, their sloppy play in the neutral zone resulted in a turnover and pressure being put on the defence. Globe and Mail We conceded a goal through some sloppy play by us and then there are some game-changing decisions. The Sun The game started off slow for both teams due to sloppy play and numerous penalties on both teams. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The season was marked with sloppy play, and ragged offense. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a rigorous scholar, a fierce critic of 'sloppy thinking' and a prolific writer. Times, Sunday Times It will also smoke out any sloppy thinking in how you frame them. Times, Sunday Times And as more social and community enterprises spring up, we should avoid sloppy thinking about the relationship between ownership, governance and outcome. Times, Sunday Times For some fifty years, experimental psychologists have been busily, and sometimes gleefully, showing that we are all guilty of bias and sloppy thinking. The Times Literary Supplement I mean the bad bits: sloppy thinking, sloppy practice, ready excuses. Times, Sunday Times They miss days, do sloppy work, relapse into chemical dependency. Christianity Today (2000) This strikes me as pretty sloppy work when you are sending out invoices for thousands of pounds. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 马虎的 Japanese: ずさんな |
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