half-cocked / ˈhæfˈkɒkt, ˈhɑf- /

💦中学词汇半截式的半截的半截式半截

half-cocked 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. at the position of half cock.
  2. lacking mature consideration or enough preparation; ill-considered or ill-prepared; half-baked.

half-cocked 近义词

half-cocked

等同于 premature

half-cocked

等同于 dilettante

更多half-cocked例句

  1. Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
  2. My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
  3. As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.
  4. Travel Noire fellows earned about a half million travel miles in 2014.
  5. Murders in the City of Angels have fallen by about half in the last 10 years: no small feat for such a big city.
  6. It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.
  7. A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
  8. Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
  9. All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.
  10. The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.