Offhand

(adj.) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; 'an offhand manner'; 'she treated most men with offhand contempt' .

(adv.) in a casually inconsiderate manner; 'replied offhand, his mind a million miles away'; 'she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter'.

(adv.) without previous thought or preparation; 'couldn't give the figures offhand'; 'we decided offhand to go to Canada'; 'she had made these remarks offhandedly'.

安迪编辑

• There is, of course, no infallible touchstone by which we can tell offhand. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Edison gave him one quick, searching glance and, detecting a bluff, replied in an offhand manner: There's a five-pound bottle in No. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To-day such a crowd of working-men would be sure to include at least one student of a night school or correspondence course who would explain the mystery offhand. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Will here looked at Mr. Casaubon, who received this offhand treatment of symbolism very uneasily, and bowed with a neutral air. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He was cordial with everybody, he was at once a host, with an easy, offhand hospitality that he had learned for Hermione's friends. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is too great a thing for me to decide offhand. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I could not dream of sacrificing it in this offhand fashion. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He had gone out to dinner; but his 'prentice (which is a very clever lad) sent 'em some medicine in a blacking-bottle, offhand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• My friend threw out the information in a very offhand way, but I saw that he cocked his eye at me to see if I had followed his reasoning. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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