haphazardness

英[hæp'hæzəd] 美[hæp'hæzərd]
  • adj.偶然的;随意的;杂乱无章的adv.杂乱地;任意地n.偶然
Adjective:
  1. dependent upon or characterized by chance;

    "a haphazard plan of action"
    "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

  2. marked by great carelessness;

    "a most haphazard system of record keeping"
    "slapdash work"
    "slipshod spelling"
    "sloppy workmanship"

Adverb:
  1. without care; in a slapdash manner;

    "the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard"

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Meetings occurred in a somewhat haphazard fashion.
      会见是以多少有点偶然的方式进行的。
    2. I don't like the haphazard way he does things.
      我不喜欢他随意的办事方式。
    3. Why did you put the volumes of the encyclopedia in haphazard order?
      你为何把这套百科全书放得杂乱无章?
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. It is just a thing done at haphazard.
      这只是件偶然为之的事情。