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 race finishes at the chequered flag.
  比赛在方格旗的挥动下结束了。
• 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。
• 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。
• We celebrated at a dinner at The Dog, s House Inn and next morning we drove to the new MG plant at Longbridge where we were waved in with chequered flags, balloons and lots of smiling faces.
  在我们庆祝狗之家酒店吃饭，第二天早上，我们驱车在长桥，我们是在挥舞旗帜与方格，气球和笑脸许多新的MG。
• 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。
• White flag ( symbol of surrender) Chequered: the race is finished.
  白旗（投降的标志）.黑白旗：赛事结束。
• 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。
• 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。
• Jinan University has had a long and chequered history.
  暨南大学有着悠久而曲折的历史。