| 单词 | sundry |
| 释义 | sun·dry /ˈsʌndri/ adjective [only before noun] 1 all and sundry EVERYONEeveryone, not just a few carefully chosen people 每个人〔而不是精心挑选的几个人〕 I don’t want you telling our private business to all and sundry. 我不希望你把我们的私事到处乱讲。2 VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDS formal not similar enough to form a group 各种各样的，杂七杂八的 SYN various He makes films about animals, plants and sundry other subjects. 他拍摄动物、植物，还有其他各种题材的影片。Examples from the Corpussundry• By removing the mystique immediately, you avoid the excruciatingly embarrassing guesswork by all and sundry.• Duggie Brown is excruciatingly convincing as the sleazy, no-talent compere whose best reward is to grope all and sundry.• Either keeping personal creditors accounts or making sundry creditors adjustments can consume inordinate amounts of administrative and accounting time.• The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings.• In addition, the Secretary drove the tractor on sundry duties.• They manufacture clothing and sundry other products made from hemp.• The establishment of a national asylum had been strongly urged by sundry persons and medical societies since the late 1880s.• Moreover many products are extremely expensive and attractive for sundry unauthorised uses.Origin sundry Old English syndrig “different for each”sun·dry adjectiveChineseSyllable few not Corpus just carefully chosen a everyone, |
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