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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Jinan University has had a long and chequered history.
  暨南大学有着悠久而曲折的历史。
• 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。
• Chequered: the race is finished.
  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。
• 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。
• 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。