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单词 unevenly
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Definition of unevenly in English:

unevenly

adverbʌnˈiːv(ə)nliˌənˈiv(ə)nli
  • 1In a manner that is not regular or consistent.

    a staircase with unevenly spaced steps
    Milo was lying on his back, breathing unevenly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the past, vendors were hesitant to sell low-profit milk in machines that were unevenly refrigerated.
    • With leather, which takes on colouring as unevenly as human skin takes on a suntan, the odds are even worse.
    • The sheet of colored Plexiglas is unevenly spray-painted with an evanescent grey.
    • It consists of a central rod on which are spindled four unevenly spaced balls, creating the effect of a huge baby rattle.
    • If you never rotate your tyres, they will wear unevenly, which will shorten the life of your tyres.
    1. 1.1 In a way that is not equally balanced or distributed.
      opportunities were unevenly spread around the country
      unevenly matched opponents
      the groups were unevenly sized
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rewards are distributed unevenly, especially in our networked world.
      • We are witnessing how this newly created finance is spread quite unevenly over the real economy—for example, housing versus manufacturing.
      • Panoptic modernity was always a global system that affected different parts of the world unevenly.
      • Organizational practices tend to diffuse unevenly throughout the world.
      • His theories had greatly influenced the thinking of American economists, but his theory of interest was received unevenly.
  • 2In a way that is not level or smooth.

    the former front garden has been unevenly concreted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the carpet opposite the turquoise walls, three massive blocks of unevenly cut styrofoam were supported by spindly two-by-fours.
    • The first divers down found the ship lying unevenly and had great difficulty in moving across the steeply sloping decks.
    • The paperback cover is unevenly laminated to imitate broken glass, but so convincingly that the book looks damaged.
    • Dense stone debris pitted the clay floor, which extends unevenly over the bedrock.
    • One of the street-hockey balls was unevenly textured.

Definition of unevenly in US English:

unevenly

adverbˌənˈēv(ə)nlēˌənˈiv(ə)nli
  • 1In a manner that is not regular or consistent.

    a staircase with unevenly spaced steps
    Milo was lying on his back, breathing unevenly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the past, vendors were hesitant to sell low-profit milk in machines that were unevenly refrigerated.
    • It consists of a central rod on which are spindled four unevenly spaced balls, creating the effect of a huge baby rattle.
    • The sheet of colored Plexiglas is unevenly spray-painted with an evanescent grey.
    • With leather, which takes on colouring as unevenly as human skin takes on a suntan, the odds are even worse.
    • If you never rotate your tyres, they will wear unevenly, which will shorten the life of your tyres.
    1. 1.1 In a way that is not equally balanced or distributed.
      opportunities were unevenly spread around the country
      unevenly matched opponents
      the groups were unevenly sized
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are witnessing how this newly created finance is spread quite unevenly over the real economy—for example, housing versus manufacturing.
      • Panoptic modernity was always a global system that affected different parts of the world unevenly.
      • His theories had greatly influenced the thinking of American economists, but his theory of interest was received unevenly.
      • Rewards are distributed unevenly, especially in our networked world.
      • Organizational practices tend to diffuse unevenly throughout the world.
  • 2In a way that is not level or smooth.

    the former front garden has been unevenly concreted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the street-hockey balls was unevenly textured.
    • The first divers down found the ship lying unevenly and had great difficulty in moving across the steeply sloping decks.
    • On the carpet opposite the turquoise walls, three massive blocks of unevenly cut styrofoam were supported by spindly two-by-fours.
    • Dense stone debris pitted the clay floor, which extends unevenly over the bedrock.
    • The paperback cover is unevenly laminated to imitate broken glass, but so convincingly that the book looks damaged.
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