chequered

英 [ˈtʃekəd]

美 [ˈtʃekərd]

adj.  成功与失败并存的(过去或历史、事业); 有不同颜色方格图案的

过去式：chequered　

BNC.18798

牛津词典

adj.

• 成功与失败并存的（过去或历史、事业）
  a person's past, etc. that contains both successful and not successful periods
• 有不同颜色方格图案的
  having a pattern of squares of different colours

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 checkered


• ADJ-GRADED (人的生涯、组织的历史)有好有坏的，好坏参半的
  If a person or organization has had achequeredcareer or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.
  1. He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years...
     他的政治生涯将近40年，其间起起伏伏。
  2. Alan had led a very chequered past and had been to prison lots of times.
     艾伦的一生跌宕起伏，蹲过多次大牢。
• ADJ 方格图案的
  Something that ischequeredhas a pattern with squares of two or more different colours.
  1. ...red chequered tablecloths.
     红格子台布

英英释义

adj

• patterned with alternating squares of color
  Synonym:checkedcheckered

双语例句

• He had a chequered career in his early days but seems to have settled down now that he's joined the police force.
  在早期，他的生涯沉浮休咎，不过现在他已加入了警察部队，似乎已安定下来。
• His chequered rule he was twice expelled from Athens was a period of great prosperity and culture.
  统治期间，他曾两次被驱逐出雅典，但他统治的时期是雅典经济文化都很繁荣的时期。
• At least we know what we have to do, but again it was important to arrive at the chequered flag.
  至少我们知道我们需要做什么，但完赛仍然是很重要的。
• Participants sat in a dimly lit room and watched a black and white chequered screen which became greyer in six distinct stages, reducing the contrast between each square.
  参与者坐在光线昏暗的房间里观看黑白方块组成的屏幕，屏幕上的内容分六节并逐渐变灰，即让每个方块之间的对比度逐渐下降。
• Hamilton crashed, Alonso started to slow in the final third of the race and Vettel stayed in P1 untill the chequered flag fell.
  汉密尔顿崩溃时，阿隆索开始放缓在最后的第三个种族和也住在P1直到方格旗有所下降。
• Chequered: the race is finished. The red flag is black to the bull.
  黑白旗：赛事结束。红旗在公牛看来是黑色的；
• White flag ( symbol of surrender) Chequered: the race is finished.
  白旗（投降的标志）.黑白旗：赛事结束。
• In point of fact, among writers of his generation, London probably had the most dramatic and chequered career.
  说起来，在同一代作家中，他的遭遇大概要算最富有戏剧性、最充满大起大落的了。
• Marriage is one long conversation chequered by disputes& Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist.
  婚姻是一次长谈，争论使其丰富&罗伯特。路易斯。史蒂文森，苏格兰小说家。
• Her business affairs have been remarkably chequered.
  她的商业活动波折相当大。