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rough-and-ready

/ruhf-uhn-red-ee/US // ˈrʌf ənˈrɛd i //

粗制滥造,粗放型,粗放式,粗放式的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
    • : exhibiting or showing rough vigor rather than refinement or delicacy: a cowboy—the rough-and-ready type.

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Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • Yves Albarello, MP of Seine-et-Marne, said the gunmen told police they were ready to “die as martyrs.”

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”

  • The U.S. military just unveiled a new effort to get Iraqis ready to battle ISIS.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • It secures in many cases, at least, a ready compliance with a large part of the discipline enforced.

  • Later on, I believe, a child is wont to have his favourite colour, and to be ready to defend it against the preferences of others.

  • The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.

  • Let your orders for preparation go round tonight, so that your knaves may be ready to set out betimes to-morrow.