Desultory

(adj.) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; 'desultory thoughts'; 'the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties' .

校对:梅勒妮

• Out of this question and reply sprang a change in the chat--chat it still remained, easy, desultory, familiar gossip. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In these desultory ramblings she passed the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, a little lower down than her grandfather's. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• What a desultory conversation! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• But the firing was desultory. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Suddenly her expression changed from desultory enjoyment to active conjecture, and she turned to Selden with a question. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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