| 单词 | haphazardly |
| 释义 | haphazardly (once / 40898 pages) adv Something done haphazardly seems completely random, like your little sister's collage of pictures cut carelessly from a magazine and haphazardly glued all over a piece of poster board. The adverb haphazardly is good for describing something done in an unplanned or random way without concern for the outcome; for example, you might put silverware away by haphazardly tossing it in a drawer, or plant a crazy garden with flowers haphazardly placed here and there around the yard. Haphazardly combines hap, meaning "chance," with hazard, or "danger." WORD FAMILYhaphazard: haphazardly, haphazardness, haphazards USAGE EXAMPLESDollar bills cascaded down around her, tossed haphazardly by a group of drunken men. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) Red wires connect haphazardly to blue, and sparks fly. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) Pictures of the scene showed lorries scattered haphazardly across the road, some of them overturned, and burnt-out wrecks of cars after the crash on Monday. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) 1adv in a random manner Syn arbitrarily, at random, every which way, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly 2adv without care; in a slapdash manner Syn haphazard |
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