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单词 chequered
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chequered

(tʃekəʳd)
regional note: in AM, use checkered
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If a person or organization has had a chequered career or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.
He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years.
Alan had had a very chequered past and had been to prison lots of times.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Something that is chequered has a pattern with squares of two or more different colours.
...red chequered tablecloths.

chequered in British English

or especially US checkered (ˈtʃɛkəd)
adjective
marked by fluctuations of fortune (esp in the phrase a chequered career)

Examples of 'chequered' in a sentence
chequered

His first impression was of greyness: the capital was fighting to live down a sad and chequered inheritance.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
The punter walked quickly in patent leather shoes across the chequered tiles to make sure that all the cubicles were empty.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS
He was seated on a white stump in his chequered costume and grinning mask.
Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS
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