chequered

[US]/'tʃɛkɚd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 好運和惡運交替的

Phrases & Collocations

chequered flag

方格旗

chequered past

曲折的過去

chequered career

波瀾的職業生涯

Example Sentences

a fallen woman with a chequered past.

一位經歷坎坷的風塵女子。

a great plain chequered with corn and green mosses.

被玉米地和綠色苔蘚分割成一塊塊的大平原。

the chequered history of post-war Britain.

戰後英國波折不斷的歷史。

the court has had a chequered career .

該法院有着坎坷的發展歷程。

Real-world Examples

The Keystone XL pipeline has had a chequered history.

Keystone XL 輸油管道項目有一段曲折的歷史。

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2021

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

我過去的生活充滿波折,我曾經做過廚師,所以我喜歡烹飪。

Source: American English dialogue

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

坐落於倫敦北部英皇十字區的谷歌新址有着一段曲折的歷史。

Source: Working at Google

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

阿根廷在國際貨幣基金組織的曲折歷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 我們一直挺坎坷的。

Source: Misfits Season 5

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

裏面有一張大桌子, 上面鋪着方格油布, 圍着牆壁放着一套硬椅子。

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《週末報》的專欄作家, 在各個領域都有豐富的歷史,從經營資金到建議人們經營資金。

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.

唱詩班的法衣在彩色窗戶下閃閃發光,呈彩虹色。陽光照在聖壇地板上,呈現出橙色、紫色和綠色的方格斑點。

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.

當他把它還回去時, 方格的陽光落在他光禿禿的腦袋和睜大的眼睛上, 在他的大臣們爲他摺疊的白色面紗上投射出深紅色的光芒。

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.

他坐在那裏,一動不動地坐在那裏,看着樹幹上斑駁的燈光和陰影,孩子們在學校對面玩耍,然後才進入早上的課程,收割者在遠處的田野裏。

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

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