des·ul·to·ry
adjective/ˈdesəltri/
/ˈdesəltɔːri/
(formal)- going from one thing to another, without a definite plan and without enthusiasm
漫无目的的；无条理的；随意的 - I wandered about in a desultory fashion.
我漫无目的地四处游荡。 - a desultory conversation
漫无边际的谈话
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDesultory is used with these nouns:- conversation
- fashion
Word Originlate 16th cent. (also in the literal sense ‘skipping about’): from Latin desultorius ‘superficial’ (literally ‘relating to a vaulter’), from desultor ‘vaulter’, from the verb desilire. - I wandered about in a desultory fashion.