In these desultory ramblings she passed the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, a little lower down than her grandfather's.

就在她这么漫无目的地闲逛时，路过位于她外公房子下面苏珊·纳萨奇的农舍。

It was then that desultory fighting became general warfare.

就在那时，断断续续的战斗变成了全面战争。

After some desultory conversation, the Director inquired how long he had known Montanelli.

一番断断续续的谈话后，主任问他认识蒙泰尼利多久了。

Albert was on the look-out, attending to his duties in a somewhat desultory fashion.

艾伯特正在监视， 以一种有点漫不经心的方式履行职责。

His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors.

他所研究的东西非常杂乱，不成系统，并且也很离奇；但是他却积累了不少稀奇古怪的知识，足以使他的教授都感到惊讶。

The war on the remaining remnants of the " force bills" lapsed into desultory skirmishing.

“法案”剩余残余的战争陷入了断断续续的小规模冲突。

Presently Dr. Lipsius came in and welcomed me with his usual manner, and after some desultory conversation, my guide left the room.

不久，利普修斯医生进来了，以他一贯的态度欢迎我，在闲聊了几句之后，我的向导离开了房间。

But the moment she moved back to the tent, Queenie came from her desultory stick gathering in the wood to stand guard.

但就在她搬回帐篷的那一刻，奎妮从她散乱的手杖中走出来，聚集在树林里站岗。

Long and desultory debates followed and it was not until late in 1777 that Congress presented to the states the Articles of Confederation.

随后进行了漫长而断断续续的辩论，直到 1777 年底，会才向各州提交《邦联条例》。

Starmer got a much, much longer round of applause than Sunak did, which was very desultory actually, and it was really quite sharp.

Starmer 得到的掌声比 Sunak 的掌声长得多，实际上很断断续续， 而且真的很尖锐。

In the midst of a final desultory polishing of her silver, Tuppence was disturbed by the ringing of the front door bell, and went to answer it.

在最后漫不经心地擦亮她的银器时， 塔彭丝被前门的铃声打扰了， 于是走过去应门。

Singer did not eat. He leaned back in his seat and kept desultory account of all that went on around him. At last the car settled down.

辛格没有吃饭。他向后靠在座位上，断断续续地记述着周围发生的一切。车子终于停了下来。

The boy Henry soon became a desultory reader of every book he found readable, but these were commonly eighteenth-century historians because his father's library was full of them.

男孩亨利很快就成了他认为可读的每一本书的漫不经心的读者， 但这些书通常都是 18 世纪的学家， 因为他父亲的图书馆里全是他们。

He kept at this for a year, doing desultory writing on the side, with little success, and then one day an infelicitous incident peremptorily closed his newspaper career.

他就这样坚持了一年， 一边散漫地写作， 收效甚微，然后有一天， 一件不幸的事断然结束了他的报业生涯。

And over all streamed the delicious June sunshine through the old windows, with their desultory patches of yellow, red, and blue, that threw pleasant touches of colour on the opposite wall.

六月的美好阳光从古老的窗户透进来，散落着黄色、红色和蓝色的斑点，给面的墙上投下了令人愉悦的色彩。

I was surprised that I had been asked to this party, for after a little desultory conversation they began to talk of a matter that I should have thought they would have preferred to discuss in private.

令我惊讶的是， 我被邀请参加这个聚会， 因为在一阵断断续续的谈话之后， 他们开始谈论一件我本以为他们更愿意私下讨论的事情。