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

• 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。
• The old lady smiled, pointed at my tofu approvingly and went back to crocheting the red and white chequered slippers she was making.
  老妇人笑着指了指我碗中的臭豆腐表示赞赏，然后她继续用钩针编织她的红白格子拖鞋。
• Misoprostol has in any case had a chequered history in India.
  无论如何，米索前列醇在印度有一个曲折的历史。
• China has a chequered history in swimming.
  中国在游泳项目上有过一段兴衰起伏的历史。
• White flag ( symbol of surrender) Chequered: the race is finished.
  白旗（投降的标志）.黑白旗：赛事结束。
• The painting's history has been chequered. There are nearly a hundred well-documented copies and versions of the work.
  这幅画的历史错综复杂，它有将近100幅证据充分的摹本和版本。
• Greece has had a chequered history in the modern era.
  希腊的现代史是一段波折不断的历史。
• They had left the clearing and were wandering again through the chequered shade, with their arms round each other's waists whenever it was wide enough to walk two abreast.
  他们离开那块空地，在树影斑驳的阴凉处散步；只要那小径还够宽，容他们并肩走，他们便互相搂着腰。
• His chequered business career meant that he would never be able to gain a high position in politics.
  他的盛衰不定的商业生涯意味着他永远不可能在政治上获得很高地位。
• 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。