offhand

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英 [ˌɒfˈhænd]

美 [ˌɔfˈhænd]

是什么意思

adj.

不友好的，不礼貌的，简慢的；

adv.

即席地，未经核实地；

英英释义

offhand[ 'ɔfhænd, 'ɔ:- ]

adj.
- with little or no preparation or forethought
  "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"
  同义词：ad-libextemporaneousextemporaryextemporeimpromptuoffhandedoff-the-cuffunrehearsed
- casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
  "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
  同义词：offhanded
adv.
- without previous thought or preparation
  "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
  同义词：offhandedoffhandedly
- in a casually inconsiderate manner
  "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"
  同义词：offhandedoffhandedly

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

But this offhand explanation was not strictly true.
不过这个搪塞的解释并不完全正确。
There was something in his offhand remarks.
他随口说出的话里倒也有些道理。
I don't like his offhand manner.
我不喜欢他那粗鲁的态度。

用作副词(adv.)

I can't give the answer offhand.
我不能即刻给出答复。
I can't tell offhand how much it will cost.
我不能立刻告诉你它值多少钱。
It is too great a thing for me to decide offhand.
这件事太重大了,不是仓猝之间就能决定的。

权威例句

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同义词

sight randomly casually casual

同根词

offhandedly offhanded offhand

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