| 单词 | desultory |
| 例句 | desultory adjective •the desultory interest you have in your child's welfare is appalling:casual, cursory, superficial, token, perfunctory, half-hearted, lukewarm | random, aimless, erratic, unmethodical, unsystematic, chaotic, inconsistent, irregular, intermittent, sporadic, fitful. ANT keen.WORD NOTE desultory One of those not quite onomatopoeic words that nevertheless, syllable by syllable, conjure up a set of images that make their meaning unmistakable and vivid: De evoking depressed, decadent, dead; sul for sullen, sulk, sullied; tor for torpid; and y for …well, for dragging the thing out needlessly and contributing to the general air of lassitude and half-heartedness that this word beautifully conveys. — DAConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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