shoddy

英['ʃɒdi] 美['ʃɑːdi]
  • adj. 劣质的
  • n. 软再生毛(织物);劣质品
shoddily shoddier shoddiest shoddiness shoddies
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Noun:
  1. reclaimed wool fiber

Adjective:
  1. cheap and shoddy;

    "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"

  2. of inferior workmanship and materials;

    "mean little jerry-built houses"

  3. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently;

    "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"
    "deliberately deceptive packaging"
    "a misleading similarity"
    "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"
    "shoddy business practices"

1. We rap the manufacturers on their knuckles if the toy is shoddy.
如果玩具质量低劣,我们会痛斥制造商。

来自柯林斯例句

2. American customers no longer tolerate shoddy goods.
美国的顾客不再容忍劣等货了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. It is a fairly shoddy way to treat an employee.
这样对待雇员真是十分可鄙.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He accused the garage of shoddy workmanship on the bodywork.
他指责汽车修理厂车身修理工艺拙劣.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. This is a shoddy piece of work ; it's hardly presentable.
这 活儿 不像样,拿不出手.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. His essay was a pretty shoddy piece of work.
      他写的文章很蹩脚。
    2. Our new washing machine keeps breaking down, and it's entirely due to shoddy workmanship.
      我们的新洗衣机老出毛病