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单词 slipshod
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Definition of slipshod in English:

slipshod

adjective ˈslɪpʃɒdˈslɪpˌʃɑd
  • 1Characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.

    he'd caused many problems with his slipshod management
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sylvester cites an example of two architectural plots recently developed, one of high quality traditional Chinese houses, the other an inferior and slipshod effort at American villas.
    • Having witnessed the slipshod management here, it is not surprising the programmes they run result in little success.
    • The movie took a clever tack - as the crew deals with the perils their slipshod masters have dealt them, you bond with the crew and unite with them against those fools in Moscow.
    • All this accounts for the nervousness of MPs, even those in ultra-safe seats, who may miss their chance in government because of one slipshod campaign or a knucklehead candidate.
    • I also curse my lack of preparedness, preferring in my slipshod diva manner to leave all decorating and shopping to the last minute.
    • In the years thereafter Barr kept up an unrelenting criticism on what he considered slipshod thought among biblical theologians and scholars.
    • If another weekend was ruined for the Fifers' manager by a slipshod performance, his counterpart will hardly be able to wipe the smile off his face.
    • In our heart of hearts we think better of the universe, we are secretly convinced that it is not such a slipshod, haphazard affair, that everything in it has meaning.
    • Couldn't see anything in the dark but our slipshod navigation skills managed to see us through till dawn, when a storm broke.
    • Managers may groan at the prospect of yet another administrative process being foisted on them, but today's procedures for separating organizations and employees are just too slipshod.
    • There is no chance of any aberrant project, slipshod project or a project that hasn't addressed all of the issues that we propose should form a part of the guidelines to slip through the system.
    • We haven't got a clue, but that's nothing some ingenious guess-work, slipshod plotting and extraordinary coincidence can't take care of.
    • The seemingly slipshod construction and use of everyday materials belies the structural sleight-of-hand employed, and it is a startling, playful introduction to the exhibition.
    • Fortunately, given the slipshod nature of his ‘scholarship,’ the only scholarly reputation upon which this book inflicts any lasting damage is that of its author.
    • But that doesn't excuse the paper's slipshod reasoning.
    • It is because of this slipshod attitude of the concerned agencies that the antiquities and the relics of distant past are easily accessible to not only all pervasive primates but to anyone who is interested to fritter or wipe out them.
    • She also believed that a lot of speech, even on the radio, is too casual and slipshod.
    • They also offer some important thoughts about how an article this slipshod managed to get past peer review.
    • One particular area of slipshod practice, at both the federal and provincial level, was taxation (there were many others).
    • ‘There is a rule stipulating that water tanks should be cleaned twice a year, but some managers are failing to do this and others are only doing it in a slipshod way,’ Xu said.
    Synonyms
    careless, lackadaisical, slapdash, disorganized, unorganized, haphazard, hit-or-miss, last-minute, untidy, messy, unsystematic, unmethodical, casual, offhand, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, neglectful, remiss, lax, slack, slovenly
    informal sloppy, all over the place, slap-happy
    British informal all over the shop
  • 2archaic (of shoes) worn down at the heel.

    his slipshod heels

Origin

Late 16th century (originally in the sense 'wearing slippers or loose shoes'): from the verb slip1 + shod.

 
 

Definition of slipshod in US English:

slipshod

adjectiveˈslipˌSHädˈslɪpˌʃɑd
  • 1(typically of a person or method of work) characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.

    he'd caused many problems with his slipshod management
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If another weekend was ruined for the Fifers' manager by a slipshod performance, his counterpart will hardly be able to wipe the smile off his face.
    • In our heart of hearts we think better of the universe, we are secretly convinced that it is not such a slipshod, haphazard affair, that everything in it has meaning.
    • Managers may groan at the prospect of yet another administrative process being foisted on them, but today's procedures for separating organizations and employees are just too slipshod.
    • The movie took a clever tack - as the crew deals with the perils their slipshod masters have dealt them, you bond with the crew and unite with them against those fools in Moscow.
    • The seemingly slipshod construction and use of everyday materials belies the structural sleight-of-hand employed, and it is a startling, playful introduction to the exhibition.
    • They also offer some important thoughts about how an article this slipshod managed to get past peer review.
    • In the years thereafter Barr kept up an unrelenting criticism on what he considered slipshod thought among biblical theologians and scholars.
    • ‘There is a rule stipulating that water tanks should be cleaned twice a year, but some managers are failing to do this and others are only doing it in a slipshod way,’ Xu said.
    • I also curse my lack of preparedness, preferring in my slipshod diva manner to leave all decorating and shopping to the last minute.
    • It is because of this slipshod attitude of the concerned agencies that the antiquities and the relics of distant past are easily accessible to not only all pervasive primates but to anyone who is interested to fritter or wipe out them.
    • We haven't got a clue, but that's nothing some ingenious guess-work, slipshod plotting and extraordinary coincidence can't take care of.
    • All this accounts for the nervousness of MPs, even those in ultra-safe seats, who may miss their chance in government because of one slipshod campaign or a knucklehead candidate.
    • Having witnessed the slipshod management here, it is not surprising the programmes they run result in little success.
    • She also believed that a lot of speech, even on the radio, is too casual and slipshod.
    • Sylvester cites an example of two architectural plots recently developed, one of high quality traditional Chinese houses, the other an inferior and slipshod effort at American villas.
    • Couldn't see anything in the dark but our slipshod navigation skills managed to see us through till dawn, when a storm broke.
    • But that doesn't excuse the paper's slipshod reasoning.
    • One particular area of slipshod practice, at both the federal and provincial level, was taxation (there were many others).
    • Fortunately, given the slipshod nature of his ‘scholarship,’ the only scholarly reputation upon which this book inflicts any lasting damage is that of its author.
    • There is no chance of any aberrant project, slipshod project or a project that hasn't addressed all of the issues that we propose should form a part of the guidelines to slip through the system.
    Synonyms
    careless, lackadaisical, slapdash, disorganized, unorganized, haphazard, hit-or-miss, last-minute, untidy, messy, unsystematic, unmethodical, casual, offhand, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, neglectful, remiss, lax, slack, slovenly
    1. 1.1archaic (of shoes) worn down at the heel.

Origin

Late 16th century (originally in the sense ‘wearing slippers or loose shoes’): from the verb slip + shod.

 
 
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