英:[ˈkɜːsəri]
美:[ˈkɜːrsəri]
英:[ˈkɜːsəri]
美:[ˈkɜːrsəri]
cur·so·ry
kuhr s ri
cursorily (adv.), cursoriness (n.)
词根:curt
adj.curt 简略的;简要的;草率的;简单粗暴的
adv.curtly 简略地;草率地
cursorily 疏忽地;马虎地;粗糙地
n.curtness 简略;草率
adjective
done quickly and without care; superficial.The symptoms were so clear that even a cursory examination of the patient would have resulted in a confident diagnosis.He'd only given the report a cursory glance and was therefore not prepared to discuss it.
"匆忙的,轻率的,肤浅的,粗心的",大约1600年,源自法语 cursoire "迅速的",来自晚期拉丁语 cursorius "匆忙的,赛跑或奔跑的",来自拉丁语 curs-, 过去分词词干 currere "奔跑"(来自 PIE 词根 *kers- "奔跑")。字面意义上的"奔跑,不静止"(约1600年)已经过时。
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
curtadjective
rudely abrupt or brief in speech
a curt reply
curtainnoun
a piece of material (as cloth) hung up to darken, hide, divide, or decorate
the opening or closing of the curtain in front of the stage of a theater
something that covers, hides, or separates like a curtain
curtainnoun
a piece of material (as cloth) hung up to darken, hide, divide, or decorate
the opening or closing of the curtain in front of the stage of a theater
something that covers, hides, or separates like a curtain
curtainnoun
a piece of material (as cloth) hung up to darken, hide, divide, or decorate
the opening or closing of the curtain in front of the stage of a theater
something that covers, hides, or separates like a curtain
curtainnoun
a piece of material (as cloth) hung up to darken, hide, divide, or decorate
the opening or closing of the curtain in front of the stage of a theater
something that covers, hides, or separates like a curtain
curtailverb
to make less by or as if by cutting off part of
curtadjective
rudely abrupt or brief in speech
a curt reply
cursedadjective
being under or deserving a curse
cursoryadjective
rapid and usually careless : hasty
a cursory glance
1 He had given the report a cursory reading.
他草草看了一遍这份报告。
2 After a cursory examination, he was released.
经过粗略的检查,他被释放。
3 Some books are for intensive study and some are for cursory reading.
有的书必须精读,有的只要稍加涉猎即可.
4 Sometimes, as is only natural, Pittman’s obsession with cataloging so much means the most potent weirdness receives only cursory mention, like the improbable Coral Castle south of Miami.
5 Yet on the various websites I have tried I am completely unable to elicit even a cursory response from a woman.
6 Neither does O’Toole give more than cursory attention to Wilson’s religious views, which always framed his sense of the ethical.
7 Even a cursory look confirmed a striking result: the newly born flies had accumulated mutations—dozens of them, perhaps hundreds.
8 This book’s glaring weakness is Ms. Beukes’s cursory treatment of who Harper is; she barely explains why he limps.
9 Helen notes that references to her father in The Washington Post were cursory and without a photo.
10 Far from calm myself, I gave him a cursory look up and down.
11 The fact that they haven’t done this cursory research reflects the fact that denial is a central trope of the series.
12 For starters, Kurtz was just wrong: Collins had discussed the engagement, as even cursory attention to his story would have shown.
13 An effort that requires at least a cursory awareness of the role of cultural politics in shaping canons.
14 "The border guards cast cursory glances at our documents and waved us on," Wolf recalled.
15 Sadly, Google’s summaries are often too cursory to feel satisfying.
16 But she gave only some cursory measurements, pointedly declined to specify any details about the structure, and then brought a witheringly dull academic seminar to its close.
17 Eve, who agrees to be Lila’s sponsor, goads her to find Stephon’s killer when the police drop the case after a cursory investigation.
18 Two Pakistani militia approached our dilapidated Land Cruiser, took a cursory glance inside, and waved us on.
19 He went to a doctor and requested a cursory, nonintrusive examination, but was told that only a blood test would enable the doctor to evaluate his kidney function.
20 “Today, even if you’re not friends with them on Facebook, you can get a cursory look at your classmates online, so it takes that fundamental mystery away.”
2 仓促的
snap premature precipitate passing extemporaneous hasty hurried rushed precipitous helter-skelter mad headlong pushed running brash half-cocked
4 草率
flip sloppy hasty sloppily rash superficial careless quickie flippant unweighed pell-mell slapdash precipitous half-baked facile brusque slipshod lightly in haste rough passing curt scratchy hurried raunchy overhasty slovenly slapdashery sloppiness once-over-lightly brief brash touch-and-go slam-bang scrawly slap-bang about all anyhow crude inattentive perfunctory unreflective slaphappy slapbang anyway anyhow hastily inconsiderately obtrusively perfunctoriness with indifference
5 浅薄的
shallow-brained shallow-headed shallow-pated technical external thin trivial superficial frothy half-baked yeasty newspapery
6 草草
8 浅薄
shallow-brained shallow-headed shallow-pated technical external thin trivial superficial frothy half-baked yeasty newspapery triviality superficiality trivialize
12 匆促
sudden hurried precipitation skip hurry hustle trot neck and crop by long stages pell-mell flying premature rushed hurryingly hurriedly skelter
13 仓卒的
14 仓促
snap premature precipitate pell-mell precipitation head first extempore passing extemporaneous slapdash rush hasty hurried rushed hurry haste precipitous helter-skelter dash in a hurry mad headlong pushed running brash half-cocked in haste
15 草草的
16 草率的
flip sloppy reckless careless hasty half-baked perfunctory indiscreet slapdash quick and dirty on the hoof rash superficial quickie flippant unweighed precipitous facile brusque slipshod rough passing curt scratchy hurried raunchy overhasty slovenly once-over-lightly brief brash touch-and-go slam-bang scrawly slap-bang crude inattentive unreflective slaphappy slapbang anyhow