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词根:cursory
adj.cursory 粗略的;草率的;匆忙的
Adverb
1. without taking pains;
"he looked cursorily through the magazine"
borrowed from Medieval Latin cursōrius "of running, swift" (Late Latin in nominal derivatives, as cursōria "shoe for running"), adjectival derivative of Latin cursor "runner" — more at cursor
The first known use of cursory was in 1601
cursoryadjective
rapid and usually careless : hasty
a cursory glance
cursoryadjective
rapid and usually careless : hasty
a cursory glance
1 He glanced cursorily at Inej’s papers, his mind still clearly on the prospect of unwrapping Nina’s layers of blue-green chiffon.
2 The two knew each other only cursorily: Byder’s public relations company had once sponsored Lyngby, putting its name on the team’s blue jerseys, and he was still a regular at games.
3 Natural science encounters the difficulties which we have cursorily mentioned, in its own province.
4 The industrial unrest that provides a context to the affair is cursorily dealt with.
5 Almost half of respondents said they don’t follow the conflict at all, or only cursorily.
6 But the film’s narrative engine remains too choppy and clunky, and the characters too cursorily developed, to hold attention.
7 In an interview, Dr. Clayton said he “knew, at least cursorily, that false positives were common with these tests.”
8 Worse, the cursorily sketched characters come off as cartoons.
9 No. Gamely she moved on, glancing more than cursorily at two Lanvin evening dresses, the first, effusively ruffled, reduced to $3,079, from $5,130, a veritable steal to her mind.
10 The subject has been referred to cursorily in the preface.
这个问题在序言中已粗略地提到了。
11 Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, it is by far the largest of study of its kind to date—earlier research had only cursorily investigated about a hundred galaxies.
12 N.S.A. reform is mentioned in “Hard Choices,” but only cursorily, in a summary of the public reaction to Edward Snowden’s leaks.
13 She becomes very adoring of an eccentric genius named Frederic, and he teaches her to write code, in which the book dabbles only cursorily.
14 The mayor gave a cursory glance at the report.
15 He swiftly switched out the first slide for the second, and then glanced at it cursorily.
16 “That is a Jim-like touch,” he returned, and glanced at her cursorily.
17 Books can be read cursorily, or chewed and digested. None will ever call you fickle-minded, and none will ever demand that you be constant in your affection.
看书,可以博览,可以细嚼,没有人会怪你喜新厌旧,也没有人要求你从一而终。
18 Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, it is by far the largest of study of its kind to date—earlier research had only cursorily investigated about a hundred galaxies.
19 Mr Obama's speech was equally notable for what it omitted. Some delicate but pressing issues were mentioned only cursorily.
奥巴马演说中所遗漏的部分同样是值得注意的,一些精细紧迫的问题他只是马虎地提了一下。
20 The absence was explained once, cursorily, by the story of how Grandaddy, at the age of ten, had been forced to go to church wearing shorts.
1 敷衍
tergiversatory lip perfunctory runaround hastiness perfunctoriness slack fudge muddle palter stall drag feet drag heels fudge and mudge
2 轻率地
unadvised lightly loosely headfirst precipitously rashly curtly unthinkingly unwarily unadvisedly ill-advisedly slap-bang in a rash moment out of turn
3 草草地
4 轻率
harum-scarum light blind flip rash precipitate heady hasty brash headlong ill-advised thoughtless precipitous trifling unguarded unwary flippant light-headed unthinking imprudent heedless indiscreet harebrained incautious precipitant hoity-toity unadvised neglige slap-bang light-minded foot-in-mouth lightly loosely headfirst precipitously rashly curtly unthinkingly unwarily unadvisedly ill-advisedly precipitation haste lightness levity joyride rashness thoughtlessness imprudence flippancy precipitancy inconsideration curtness playgame light in the head have the face to do in a rash moment out of turn