motley 英 [ˈmɒtli] 美 [ˈmɑːtli]
A motley crew of oligarchs and their toys have been sanctioned.
一群形形色色的寡头及其玩物受到了制裁。
——《经济学人》Brad Pitt plays an amiable assassin who gets stuck on a Japanese high-speed train with a motley crew of other killers and no easy way out.
布拉德·皮特饰演一位和蔼可亲的刺客，他与一群杂七杂八的其他杀手一同被困在日本的一列高速列车上，无法轻易逃脱。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 外观或特征格格不同的；迥然不同的
一堆各色贝壳
a motley collection of shells志愿者里似乎什么人都有。
The volunteers seem a motley crew.
We were as motley, as raucous, as undisciplined as any bunch of five hundred and eighty-one ten year olds; and on top of our natural exuberance, there was the excitement of our discovery of each other.
五百八十一个各色各样的十岁孩子聚在一起，其吵吵闹闹、不守纪律的程度可想而知，我们当然也不例外。小孩子天生精力旺盛，除此以外，大家更为能够互相认识而兴奋不已。
disparate: essentially different in kind; not able to be compared miscellaneous: (of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources sundry: of various kinds; several
转载来源 | 田间小站
责任编辑 | 贾星灿 李生海
初审 | 孙乃琪 孟诗仪
终审 | 潘新仿 杨铭伟
