after a fashion

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Adv.

1.after a fashion - to some extent; not very well; "he speaks French after a fashion"

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勉强马马虎虎

fashion

(ˈfӕʃən) noun1. the style and design of clothes. Are you interested in fashion?; (also adjective) a fashion magazine.服装的流行式样2. the way of behaving, dressing etc which is popular at a certain time. Fashions in music and art are always changing.风尚3. a way of doing something. She spoke in a very strange fashion.方式ˈfashionable adjective following, or in keeping with, the newest style of dress, way of living etc. a fashionable woman; a fashionable part of town.时髦的ˈfashionably adverb时髦地after a fashion in a way, but not very well. She can speak French after a fashion. 勉强，马马虎虎 all the fashion very fashionable. Long skirts were all the fashion last year.风行一时in fashion fashionable. Tweed jackets are in fashion.流行out of fashion not fashionable. Long skirts are out of fashion at present.不流行

after a fashion

1. In a sufficient but rudimentary or unimpressive manner. I can ride a motorcycle, after a fashion. I wouldn't ride one on a busy highway, though. I can write, after a fashion, but my sister is a genius—she far outshines me with the written word.2. In an inadequate or incomplete way. Tom fixed the car, after a fashion, so it's running again but still makes that terrible noise.See also: after, fashion

after a fashion

in a manner that is just barely adequate; poorly. He thanked me—after a fashion—for my help. Oh, yes, I can swim, after a fashion.See also: after, fashion

after a fashion

Also, after a sort. Somehow or other; not very well, as in John can read music, after a fashion, or He managed to paint the house after a sort. The first phrase, in which fashion means "a manner of doing something," has been so used since the mid-1800s, when it replaced in a fashion. The variant dates from the mid-1500s. Also see in a way; (somehow) or other. See also: after, fashion

after a fashion

1. If something happens or is done after a fashion, it happens or is done, but not very well. She was educated, after a fashion, by a governess at home. It all works after a fashion, possibly better than it should.2. If something is true after a fashion, it is mostly true, but not entirely true. We were friends, after a fashion.See also: after, fashion

after a fashion

to a certain extent but not perfectly or satisfactorily.See also: after, fashion

after a ˈfashion

to some extent but not very well: ‘Can you skate?’ ‘Yes, after a fashion.’ ♢ ‘Have you mended the TV?’ ‘Yes, after a fashion.’See also: after, fashion