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单词 ad hockery
释义
ad hockery
noun[U]
(alsoad hocery)
uk
/ˌæd ˈhɒk.ər.i/us
/ˌæd ˈhɑː.kɚ.i/
thepracticeofreactingto whathappensor isneededat aparticulartime,ratherthanplanningin a way thatsuitsallpossiblesituations:
采取临时对策；作出特别决定
Thegovernmentcannotcontinueto get away with ad hockery inresponsetolocaltransportneeds.面对当地的交通需求，市政会采取临时对策的做法不再行得通。
Synonym
ad hocism
More examples
  • Theresultingad hockery -lettingonebankcollapse, whilehastilyorchestratingabailoutof another - didpreventadepression.
  • They may end upfacingthechargeofarbitrarinessor ad hocery.
  • Abookof thissort- thatpicksthrough Plato and Aristotle, Montaigne and Hume -riskslosinganynarrativethreadto ad hockery.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not expected or planned
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • ad hoc
  • ad hocism
  • adventitious
  • extemporize
  • hoof
  • innocent
  • innocently
  • instinctive
  • instinctively
  • involuntarily
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
  • spontaneous
  • spontaneously
  • steepness
  • unannounced
  • unwitting
  • unwittingly
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(Definition ofad hockeryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofad hockery

ad hockery
This kind ofadhockeryis just not good enough when the nation's security is at stake.
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To me they are just miserable "adhockery".
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I suspect that it will be a defence review byadhockery.
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We need an industry and not an "adhockery", an industry which will avoid the risks in the marine environment and the hazards to personnel.
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One ought not to make frivolous remarks or engage in "adhockery".
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That reliance must be based on structures that are in place and properly rehearsed before the event, and not onadhockery.
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