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sloppy in/about/with [noun]
He is sloppy in his work.
他工作马虎。
马虎的；凌乱的；草率的
sloppiest — superlative of sloppy
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马虎的；凌乱的；草率的
careless and untidy; not done with care or precision
He is sloppy in his work.
他工作马虎。
缺乏整洁或秩序
lacking neatness or order
被溢出的液体或潮湿物质弄湿或涂抹
wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
(土壤)松软潮湿
(of soil) soft and watery
The report was full of sloppy mistakes because he rushed through it.
这份报告满是粗心的错误，因为他匆忙完成了。
AI contextual example
She wore a sloppy T-shirt and jeans to the casual party.
她穿着一件邋遢的T恤和牛仔裤去参加轻松的聚会。
AI contextual example
His sloppy handwriting made the note almost impossible to read.
他潦草的笔迹使这张便条几乎无法辨认。
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a sloppy room
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sloppy habits
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a sloppy floor
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a sloppy saucer
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the ground was boggy under foot
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a marshy coastline
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miry roads
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wet mucky lowland
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muddy barnyard
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quaggy terrain
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the sloughy edge of the pond
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swampy bayous
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He is sloppy in his work.
他工作马虎。
She submitted a sloppy report.
她提交了一份草率的报告。
After a few drinks, he got sloppy.
几杯酒下肚后，他变得马虎了。
Not this
He slopped his homework.
Use this
His homework was sloppy.
Sloppy是形容词，不能当作动词使用。中文里“马虎”可兼作形容词和动词，但英语中sloppy只有形容词用法，表示“马虎的、凌乱的”，所以不能说“他马虎地做作业”，而应说“他的作业很马虎”。
Not this
This work is more sloppy than that.
Use this
This work is sloppier than that.
Sloppy的比较级是sloppier，而不是more sloppy。英语中以y结尾的双音节形容词通常变y为i再加er，如happy→happier。
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Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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