| 单词 | random |
| 释义 | ran·dom I. 1. obsolete 2. 3. obsolete a. b. 4. • - at random II. < random-jointed > III. 1. < random thoughts laid hold of him — George Meredith > < a random assortment of vases, ivory elephants and other … ornaments — Robert Shaplen > < random brick and timber panels — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < random widths > 2. a. < a true random sample of the whole list — Daniel Melcher & Nancy Larrick > < placing a finger on a random passage — Charlton Laird > b. c. < random numbers > Synonyms: < a random collection of literary and archeological odds and ends — Aldous Huxley > < the clerks become tired and bored and start making random mistakes — Martin Gardner > < a kitten's random play with a spool or ball > That which is haphazard is done according to chance or whim without regularity or order and with careless disregard for ultimate fitness or efficiency. hit-or-miss further stresses lack of aim, care, plan, or system < all his shop training had given him a profound prejudice against inexact work, experimental work, hit-or-miss work — C.S.Forester > desultory stresses lack of regularity or steadiness and suggests an erratic performance marked by false starts, lapses, breaks, shifts, or inconsistencies < medieval warfare was often of the nature of a mild adventure … the fighting was generally sporadic and desultory — Edwin Benson > < a little Latin and Greek and much outdoor life, with a desultory education got from vagrant books — V.L.Parrington > chance stresses complete lack of design, intent, plan, or prearrangement < he had never before given Cuba, under Spanish rule, a thought, but at a chance sentence it dominated him completely — Joseph Hergesheimer > It suggests lack of plan, reason, forethought in connection with persons encountered or objects found or discovered in various places < his temper grew uncertain and he found it increasingly difficult to welcome chance visitors with his usual affability — Robert Graves > < snatching a chance piece of billiard chalk from his pocket, he ran it across the hall floor — G.K.Chesterton > In reference to things and situations chancy suggests uncertainty of outcome through dependence on chance and hence implies risk or hazard < despite recent advances in geophysics, oil drilling is still a chancy business — H.T.Kane > casual suggests lack of intentness or purpose < his jottings are by no means casual — Listener > happy-go-lucky suggests carefree, insouciant lack of forethought or plan or cheerful, indifferent acceptance of what ensues < a funny little happy-go-lucky, native-managed railway — Rudyard Kipling > < the old happy-go-lucky methods of production — Bernard Pares > |
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