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haphazard

adjective
🔊/hæpˈhæzəd/
🔊/hæpˈhæzərd/
(disapproving)
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  1. with no particular order or plan; not organized well无秩序的；无计划的；组织混乱的
    • The books had been piled on the shelves in a haphazard fashion.书架上的书堆放得杂乱无序。🔊🔊
    • The government's approach to the problem was haphazard.政府解决这一问题的方法缺乏计划。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The town had grown in a somewhat haphazard way.这个镇的发展有些杂乱无章。
    • In the early years training was haphazard.早年间培训缺乏计划。
    • It was the result of rather haphazard planning.这是规划混乱不周的结果。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    phrases
    • in a haphazard fashion
    • in a haphazard manner
    • in a haphazard way
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from hap ‘chance, luck’ + hazard.