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单词 at a haphazard
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at a haphazard
P1. at haphazard: by mere chance, without design; in a haphazard manner; at random, casually. Also † at a haphazard, (occasionally) at haphazards. Now somewhat archaic.
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1588 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Speciall Treat. Gods Prouidence sig. C8v They acknowleg that all creatures are moued at haphazard.
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xxvi. 543 This he doth not at hap-hazard, but he ordaineth it before with an immutable decree, so that it may not be changed.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 21 One that goes not to worke at a meere hap-hazard.
1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 48 Precipitancy is the passion of fools, who not being able to discover the danger, act at hap-hazard.
1726 G. Leoni Alcuni Disegni di Edificj: Some Designs for Buildings Pref. 1/1 Ornaments thrown together at hap-hazard.
1872 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 664/1 The ribs were found to have been placed at haphazard wherever they had united most easily with the back-bone.
1898 E. V. Flanders tr. J. Schultz Colette xxii. 215 To amuse myself, I sketch at hap-hazards. The end of a clock tower here, a cloud there, and a sheep grazing upon the cloud.
1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes vi. 64 If food is thrown into the aquarium at haphazard, the fish are not always able to find it.
1992 J. Haight & A. Mahler tr. R. Antelme Human Race 255 Since being in Germany our experience has not ceased to teach us what is possible. We stagger ahead, at haphazard.
extracted from haphazardn.adj.adv.
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