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单词 spotty
释义
spotty
adjective
uk
/ˈspɒt.i/us
/ˈspɑː.t̬i/

spottyadjective(SKIN)

UK
used todescribeapersonwithspotsontheirskin:
（人的皮肤）多丘疹的，多粉刺的
Iknewhim when he was just a spottyyouth.在他还是个满脸粉刺的少年时，我就认识他了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Skin complaints & blemishes
  • age spot
  • anti-crack
  • anti-dandruff
  • anti-leprosy
  • anti-ulcer
  • birthmark
  • carbuncle
  • chapped
  • contusion
  • eczema
  • impetigo
  • itch
  • itchy
  • pruritic
  • pruritus
  • pyoderma gangrenosum
  • redness
  • rosacea
  • scald
  • shingle
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spottyadjective(NOT ALWAYS GOOD)

US
(UKpatchy)
badin someparts:
（质量）参差不齐的，有好有坏的
She has afairlyspottyworkrecord.她的工作业绩时好时坏。
Sales havepickedup a little but they're still spotty.销售有所好转，但仍然起伏不定。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quite good, or not very good
  • acceptable
  • adequacy
  • adequate
  • adequately
  • agreeable
  • fair
  • iffy
  • impure
  • indifferent
  • indifferently
  • kind
  • pass
  • patchiness
  • patchy
  • raggedly
  • raggedness
  • reasonable
  • rose
  • rough
  • scratch
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(Definition ofspottyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspotty

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They have a spottier record on the second commandments, those associated with errors of omission.
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There was fibrotic replacement of the muscle fibers withspottycalcification and rare lymphocytes in the septum.
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However, cost-effectiveness literature is limited, withspottycoverage.
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While many varieties are represented, the samples seem to be somewhat sparse and uneven, and the sound qualityspotty.
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While knowledge of these components is still quitespotty, tuna inventories, for example, have started collecting gender data on catches.
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Additionally, we find it plausible that a rational agent may havespottypriors.
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In addition to these trends, heavy elements showspottydistributions that are helpful in interpreting the core profiles.
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When it comes to viewing the councils as instruments of revelation, many agree that the record of councils, even the major ones, is extremelyspotty.
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In short, the extant evidence isspotty.
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Elsewhere, the history isspottyand careless.
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Where the police force is underpaid, poorly trained, and corrupt, enforcement of any law, including one having to do with the environment, is bound to bespotty.
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I am told you can drink it without becoming fat,spottyor developing a hangover, according to some of the publicity in favour of it.
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We are not dealing with those who have been described asspotty-faced 16-year-olds.
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All those measures are designed to deal in different ways with the same problem, that ofspottybut sometimes severe unemployment.
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Here again, it is going to bespotty.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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