| 释义 |
shambolic, a. colloq.|ʃæmˈbɒlɪk|
[f. shamble n.1 5 b, perh. after symbolic a.]
Chaotic, disorderly, undisciplined.
Reported to be ‘in common use’ in 1958.
1970Times 18 June 9 His office in Printing House Square is so impeccably tidy that it is..a standing reproach to the standard image of shambolic newspaper offices. 1975Times 14 June 8/5 The average listener is in the position of anybody who encounters an organization at work for the first time. It may appear shambolic but how much is that because he hasn't yet made sense of it. 1978R. Jansson News Caper xiii. 110 We may have a shambolic landing, Jean. I want you to go right through the aircraft reminding people about the emergency drill. 1980Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts July 509/1 It will continue in a much more shambolic manner than the urbanization that has occurred in the Western World. |