chequered

[US]/'tʃɛkɚd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 好运和恶运交替的

Phrases & Collocations

chequered flag

方格旗

chequered past

曲折的过去

chequered career

波澜的职业生涯

Example Sentences

a fallen woman with a chequered past.

一位经历坎坷的风尘女子。

a great plain chequered with corn and green mosses.

被玉米地和绿色苔藓分割成一块块的大平原。

the chequered history of post-war Britain.

战后英国波折不断的历史。

the court has had a chequered career .

该法院有着坎坷的发展历程。

Real-world Examples

The Keystone XL pipeline has had a chequered history.

Keystone XL 输油管道项目有一段曲折的历史。

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2021

One part of my very, very chequered past I worked as a chef so I really enjoy cooking.

我过去的生活充满波折,我曾经做过厨师,所以我喜欢烹饪。

Source: American English dialogue

The north London district of Kings Cross, where Google's new gaff is going, has something of a chequered past.

坐落于伦敦北部英皇十字区的谷歌新址有着一段曲折的历史。

Source: Working at Google

Argentina’s chequered past with the IMF stretches back more than six decades.

阿根廷在国际货币基金组织的曲折历史可以追溯到六十多年前。

Source: CNBC Global Economic Analysis

And just, it's me and my knob, we have a bit of a chequered past.

我和我的小兄弟 我们一直挺坎坷的。

Source: Misfits Season 5

It contained a large table covered with a chequered oilcloth and round the walls was a set of stiff chairs.

里面有一张大桌子, 上面铺着方格油布, 围着墙壁放着一套硬椅子。

Source: Veil

I'm currently a columnist with the paper on the weekend and have a chequered history across various disciplines, from running money to advising people running money.

我目前是《周末报》的专栏作家, 在各个领域都有丰富的历史,从经营资金到建议人们经营资金。

Source: Financial Times Podcast

The surplices of the choristers gleamed, rainbow-tinted, beneath the coloured windows; the sunlight lay on the chancel floor in chequered stains of orange and purple and green.

唱诗班的法衣在彩色窗户下闪闪发光,呈彩虹色。阳光照在圣坛地板上,呈现出橙色、紫色和绿色的方格斑点。

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

As he handed it back, the chequered sunlight fell on his bared head and wide, uplifted eyes, and cast a crimson glow across the white veil that his ministers were folding round him.

当他把它还回去时, 方格的阳光落在他光秃秃的脑袋和睁大的眼睛上, 在他的大臣们为他折叠的白色面纱上投射出深红色的光芒。

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

He sat as one sitting for a portrait, motionless, watching the chequered lights and shades on the tree-trunks, the children playing opposite the school previous to entering for the morning lesson, the reapers in a field afar off.

他坐在那里,一动不动地坐在那里,看着树干上斑驳的灯光和阴影,孩子们在学校对面玩耍,然后才进入早上的课程,收割者在远处的田野里。

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

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