Her pale, doughy face turned an ugly, patchy violet.

面团一样苍白的脸上泛起一块块难看的紫红色。

It is patchy even in Scandinavia, where governments pride themselves on their openness.

即便是以公开透明而自诩的北欧诸国政府在这个问题上也做得强人意。

But now irreparable damaged, once gloriously decorated, but now patchy and in places almost entirely bleached of color.

但是现在受到了可修复的破坏，以前富丽华贵的装饰，现在已经落，色彩也剥离殆尽。

There was little wind; the clouds were patchy; every now and then there were dazzling flashes of bright sunlight.

风大；白云朵朵，时而有耀眼的陽光射出。

These patchy charges can attract neighboring molecules to each other.

这些区域性电荷会吸引周围的分子。

Licensing rules vary across states, and insurance coverage for midwifery services is patchy.

各州的职业证照制度各异，助产服务的保险范围也尽相同。

Partly, no doubt, this is due to a patchy pensions system.

毋庸置疑，部分原是养老保险系统还够完善。

In the West, rain will be lighter and patchy with maybe a few drier interludes over Dumfries house in Ayrshire. Aha.

在西边，雨势会较为减缓，也许伴随一丝间歇放晴的机会，这是在艾尔郡的 Dumfries house。啊哈。

And the patchy pattern actually happens in our brains and in cancer.

这种斑状的模式实际上会出现在我们的大脑和癌症中。

In the past, state-level data on the prevalence of abortion were patchy.

过去，关于堕胎率的州级数据参。

THE fossil record for early phases of primate evolution is notoriously patchy.

早期灵长类动物进化的化石记录非常凌乱。人们对这个领域几乎一无所知。

He also said Mr. Trump had a patchy record of support for previous Republican presidents.

他还表示，特朗普先生并是完全支持此前的共和党总统。

Indonesia has a, at best, patchy record in terms of caring for the environment.

印度尼西亚在保护环境方面的记录是参的。

But it also suggests Africa's demographic transition may end up different from the “gold standard” of Asia: it will be patchier (with occasional fertility stalls) and led by cities and a few countries (South Africa, Rwanda) .

但是，同样可能的是，非洲的人口结构的转型可能与亚洲的“金标准”的同：生育率降低可能仅仅是星星点点的发生（偶尔的生育率停滞），以城市和少数几个国家（南非，卢旺达）为代表。

" They're extremely rational and they're much better in some ways at doing inferential learning" – using patchy information to make accurate generalisations about a messy world – " than any other creature that we know of."

“婴儿非常理性，在某些方面比我们所知的任何其他生物都更擅长推理学习”——利用零碎的信息对混沌的世界做出准确的概括。

Satellite images, he says, show it's not one massive body of seaweed, rather a bunch of patchy clumps traveling from west Africa.

他说，卫星图像显示，这是一大海藻，而是一堆来自西非的落均的海藻团块。

In a line-up of pooches with lopsided ears, snaggled teeth and patchy fur, who will be the loveable underdog that tugs on our heartstrings this year?

在耳朵歪斜、牙齿参、毛发斑驳的宠物狗阵容中，谁会是今年牵动我们心弦的可爱小狗？

Mobile lines in the affected areas have been patchy, but tens of thousands of people also live without electricity, making it difficult for the BBC to reach residents.

受灾地区的移动通信时断时续，但还有数万人生活在没有电的地区，BBC很难联系到当地居民。

The medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres has again strongly criticized the international response to the Ebola epidemic in western Africa, describing it as patchy and slow.

医疗慈善机构无国界医生组织再次强烈指责国际上对西非埃博拉疫情的应对力度，称行动迟缓且力度大。

It had grown brown and patchy in the heat, and the homeowners' association had threatened to impose a hefty fine if the situation wasn't remedied.

草在高温下变成了褐色，参次，区管理委员会威胁说，如果此情况得到改善，他们将处以巨额罚款。