motley

US [ˈmɑtli]
UK [ˈmɒtli]
  • n.莫特利；杂色；(丑角穿的)杂色衣服；穿着杂色衣服的小丑
  • adj.混杂的；杂七杂八的
  • Web慕托丽；杂色的；斑驳
Comparative Degree：motlier  Superlative：motliest  

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motley
adj.
1.
混杂的；杂七杂八的consisting of many different types of people or things that do not seem to belong together
The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
屋子里摆满了五花八门的家具和绘画。
The audience was a motley crew of students and tourists.
观众是一群混杂在一起的学生和游客。

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1.
It was no wonder those inside wouldn't, because we were a very motley crew, and could have got up to anything.
不怪里面不敢开，因为我们人太杂了，什么事都做得出。
bù guài lǐ miàn bù gǎn kāi , yīn wèi wǒ men rén tài zá le , shén me shì dōu zuò dé chū 。
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2.
miscellaneous, heterogeneous, motley, mixed, varied, assorted These adjectives mean consisting of a number of different kinds.
这些形容词都意味着包含有一定数量的不同类型的东西。
zhè xiē xíng róng cí dōu yì wèi zhe bāo hán yǒu yí dìng shù liàng de bù tóng lèi xíng de dōng xi 。
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its occupants, a motley herd of bandy-legged crustaceans, have been crammed into one of the townships once reserved for blacks.
从飞船里乱哄哄地走出一群五颜六色的甲壳类动物，他们双腿弯曲，被圈养在一个废弃的黑人区里。
cóng fēi chuán lǐ luàn hōng hōng de zǒu chū yì qún wǔ yán liù sè de jiǎ qiào lèi dòng wù , tā men shuāng tuǐ wān qū , bèi juān yǎng zài yī gè fèi qì de hēi rén qū lǐ 。
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The museum has been converted into offices and is now inhabited by a motley assortment of architects, designers and artists.
这座博物馆被改造成办公楼，现居住着建筑师，设计师和艺术家等各色人物。
zhè zuò bó wù guǎn bèi gǎi zào chéng bàn gōng lóu , xiàn jū zhù zhe jiàn zhù shī , shè jì shī hé yì shù jiā děng gè sè rén wù 。
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5.
Septa Lemore had slit each garment apart, then sewn them back together, joining half of this to half of that to fashion a crude motley.
莱莫尔修女把每件衣服都撕成两半然后把他们交叉缝好，造就了一种粗犷混杂的款式。
lái mò ěr xiū nǚ bǎ měi jiàn yī fu dōu sī chéng liǎng bàn rán hòu bǎ tā men jiāo chā féng hǎo , zào jiù le yī zhǒng cū guǎng hùn zá de kuǎn shì 。
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"Raze what was left of the city from the surface of the earth" (John Lothrop Motley).
“使这个城市剩下的东西从地球表面上消失”（约翰•路斯洛普•莫特利）。
" shǐ zhè ge chéng shì shèng xià de dōng xi cóng dì qiú biǎo miàn shàng xiāo shī " ( yuē hàn • lù sī luò pǔ • mò tè lì ) 。
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7.
Prescott, Motley, and Parkman, the historians, conceived vast schemes, and carried them out to the limit of their powers.
普雷斯科特、莫特利和帕克曼这三位史学家，都有远大的抱负，而且都已尽力完成了他们的计划。
pǔ léi sī kē tè 、 mò tè lì hé pà kè màn zhè sān wèi shǐ xué jiā , dōu yǒu yuǎn dà de bào fù , ér qiě dōu yǐ jìn lì wán chéng le tā men de jì huà 。
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Motley: We talked about agile development in the past, and now I am trying to figure out how it applies to running a project.
马特里：我们上次谈了敏捷开发，这次我试着想如何将她运用到管理一个项目中去。
mǎ tè lǐ : wǒ men shàng cì tán le mǐn jié kāi fā , zhè cì wǒ shì zhuó xiǎng rú hé jiāng tā yùn yòng dào guǎn lǐ yī gè xiàng mù zhōng qù 。
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Just five years ago , perusing the Web for travel information meant sorting through a motley assortment of crude homemade sites .
仅仅在五年以前，在网络上详查旅游信息，简直意味着在一堆杂乱无章又粗糙自制的网站中，摸索头绪。
jǐn jǐn zài wǔ nián yǐ qián , zài wǎng luò shàng xiáng chá lǚ yóu xìn xī , jiǎn zhí yì wèi zhe zài yī duī zá luàn wú zhāng yòu cū cāo zì zhì de wǎng zhàn zhōng , mō suǒ tóu xù 。
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In her'Wall', there is a wall in the backlighting which seems lonely and motley. It is a corner under the sky.
在她的《墙》中绘有一条逆光下的院墙，寂寥又斑驳，这分明是天际下清寒的一隅。
zài tā de 《 qiáng 》 zhōng huì yǒu yī tiáo nì guāng xià de yuàn qiáng , jì liáo yòu bān bó , zhè fēn míng shì tiān jì xià qīng hán de yī yú 。
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