英语词汇“haphazard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINhaphazard

Origin:

1500-1600 hap ( ➔ HAPPY) + hazard

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

According to the report, most Americans have a distinctly haphazard approach to saving for the future.
New employees have to deal with a haphazard filing system.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

As a result the records were often distributed and accounts payable were collected in a haphazard manner.
Information about local candidates was fairly haphazard.
Once you finally put the shoe on, the adjustment of fit is as haphazard as tightening a pair of laces.
The appearance of privileged communities was not quite as haphazard as it may seem.
The leaders of self-defeating organizations are well aware of this phenomenon; they depend upon it to justify their haphazard training practices.
The streets were the muddy, haphazard spaces in between.
The student's purpose is specific, yet his method could be described as haphazard.
They did the freeways and Marge tried to map-read in the haphazard light.

Longman Language Activatordone in a careless way► careless

· Investigators are still not sure whether the damage was intentional or due to careless work.· The building had been finished in a very careless way, with loose wires and unpainted ceilings.· Careless handling of pesticides causes dozens of accidents on farms every year.

► sloppy

done in a careless and lazy way - use this about someone's work or the way someone writes or speaks: · The carpenter I hired did such a sloppy job that I finally had to fix the roof myself.· The company's failure was blamed on sloppy management.· How can you expect an 'A' in this class when you turn in an essay as sloppy as this?

► slapdash/slipshod

done extremely carelessly and quickly, without paying any attention to the correct ways of working: · We complained to the airline that the in-flight service was hurried and slapdash.· The entire investigation had been conducted in an unsystematic, almost slipshod, manner.

► haphazard

done without any clear plan or system: · According to the report, most Americans have a distinctly haphazard approach to saving for the future.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► a haphazard way/manner/fashion

I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► fashion

· After throwing things around in a very haphazard fashion she finally abandoned her search.· For three decades, water was released from the dam in haphazard fashion, depending on power needs in the Southwest.· This came about in an equally haphazard fashion.· Could one, Peters asked, expect children to learn in the somewhat haphazard fashion that unfettered child-centredness seemed to commend?· Over the years, the chalets were added to by their owners in haphazard fashion.

► manner

· Ministry seems to have grown up in a haphazard manner, basically in response to the need that various functions be performed.· As a result the records were often distributed and accounts payable were collected in a haphazard manner.· In fact, on any view it started many years before that, though in a haphazard manner.

► way

· Logging your time Many people operate in a haphazard way.· Most of us do this every day, though typically in a haphazard way.· Because of the haphazard way infertility is managed, thousands of couples are in a similar situation.· In this haphazard way we progressed into the afternoon, and started work on the long encircling fence.· In between, I continued my studies in a haphazard way for they never really interested me, knowing in advance my fate.· At present, the decisions are taken in a haphazard way.· Work on planning the Civic Centre began in a haphazard way.

单词	haphazard
释义	haphazardhap‧haz‧ard /ˌhæpˈhæzəd◂ $ -ərd◂/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINhaphazard Origin: 1500-1600 hap ( ➔ HAPPY) + hazard Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES According to the report, most Americans have a distinctly haphazard approach to saving for the future. New employees have to deal with a haphazard filing system. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As a result the records were often distributed and accounts payable were collected in a haphazard manner. Information about local candidates was fairly haphazard. Once you finally put the shoe on, the adjustment of fit is as haphazard as tightening a pair of laces. The appearance of privileged communities was not quite as haphazard as it may seem. The leaders of self-defeating organizations are well aware of this phenomenon; they depend upon it to justify their haphazard training practices. The streets were the muddy, haphazard spaces in between. The student's purpose is specific, yet his method could be described as haphazard. They did the freeways and Marge tried to map-read in the haphazard light. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatordone in a careless way► careless · Investigators are still not sure whether the damage was intentional or due to careless work.· The building had been finished in a very careless way, with loose wires and unpainted ceilings.· Careless handling of pesticides causes dozens of accidents on farms every year. ► sloppy done in a careless and lazy way - use this about someone's work or the way someone writes or speaks: · The carpenter I hired did such a sloppy job that I finally had to fix the roof myself.· The company's failure was blamed on sloppy management.· How can you expect an 'A' in this class when you turn in an essay as sloppy as this? ► slapdash/slipshod done extremely carelessly and quickly, without paying any attention to the correct ways of working: · We complained to the airline that the in-flight service was hurried and slapdash.· The entire investigation had been conducted in an unsystematic, almost slipshod, manner. ► haphazard done without any clear plan or system: · According to the report, most Americans have a distinctly haphazard approach to saving for the future. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► a haphazard way/manner/fashion I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► fashion · After throwing things around in a very haphazard fashion she finally abandoned her search.· For three decades, water was released from the dam in haphazard fashion, depending on power needs in the Southwest.· This came about in an equally haphazard fashion.· Could one, Peters asked, expect children to learn in the somewhat haphazard fashion that unfettered child-centredness seemed to commend?· Over the years, the chalets were added to by their owners in haphazard fashion. ► manner · Ministry seems to have grown up in a haphazard manner, basically in response to the need that various functions be performed.· As a result the records were often distributed and accounts payable were collected in a haphazard manner.· In fact, on any view it started many years before that, though in a haphazard manner. ► way · Logging your time Many people operate in a haphazard way.· Most of us do this every day, though typically in a haphazard way.· Because of the haphazard way infertility is managed, thousands of couples are in a similar situation.· In this haphazard way we progressed into the afternoon, and started work on the long encircling fence.· In between, I continued my studies in a haphazard way for they never really interested me, knowing in advance my fate.· At present, the decisions are taken in a haphazard way.· Work on planning the Civic Centre began in a haphazard way. happening or done in a way that is not planned or organizeda haphazard way/manner/fashion I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. Educational provision in the country is haphazard.—haphazardly adverb: bushes growing haphazardly here and there
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