Kind of burning people's cottages and stuff in a desultory way.

有点儿漫不经心地烧毁人们的村舍和其他东西。

Their failures in this respect will be manifested by the rambling and desultory character of their opening remarks.

他们在这方面的失败将从他们的开场白中漫无目的和断断续续的特征中体现出来。

Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.

因为漫无目标、无书不读的人，他们的知识很难是非常精湛的。

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。

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逛时，路过位于她外公房子下面苏珊·纳萨奇的农舍。

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

对“武力法”剩余残余的战争陷入了断断续续的小规模冲突。

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

经过一番漫无目的的交谈后，主任询问他认识蒙塔内有多久了。

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，给对面的墙上投下了令人愉悦的色彩。

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 世纪的历史学家， 因为他父亲的图书馆里全是他们。

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。

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。

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，国会才向各州提交《邦联条例》。

The mood was not exactly desultory, but it wasn't festive, either.

气氛并不完全是混乱的, 但也不是喜庆的。

We went on talking in a desultory fashion and then the two boys came in.

我们继续以一种轻蔑的方式交谈，然后两个男孩进来了。

Miss Bates had just done as Patty opened the door; and her visiters walked up stairs without having any regular narration to attend to, pursued only by the sounds of her desultory good will.

贝茨小姐刚做完，帕蒂就开了门;她的访客们走上楼梯，没有任何固定的叙述需要注意，只有她轻率的善意的声音在后面追赶。

After some desultory debate, Congress decided the coins should not bear the likeness of a living American but rather an artist's version of the goddess of Liberty and the date.

经过一些零碎的辩论, 国会决定硬币不应该带有活着的美国人的肖像, 而是艺术家版本的自由女神和日期。

When the shoe repair shop lost my boots, the clerk's search was so desultory and disorganized that I had to go through the shelves and find them myself.

当修鞋店丢失了我的靴子时，店员的搜索是如此的荒谬和混乱， 以至于我不得不自己翻遍货架找到它们。

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。

Darrin went to the emergency room with a severe stomachache, but the doctor on duty gave him only a quick, desultory examination and sent him home.

达林因严重的胃痛去了急诊室，但值班医生只给他做了一个快速、粗略的检查，就把他送回家了。