patchy

Moran is right, it is simple: and yet, for such a simple message, its cultural penetration has been patchy, fluctuating and disappointing.

墨兰是对的，这本来就很简单：然而，即便是这样一个简单的信息，它的文化穿透一直都不甚完整，摇摆不定，令人失望。

"Enforcement is still patchy but our office in Shanghai is having increasing success, " she said.

她说：“执行情况依旧有好有坏，但我们在上海的办事处在这方面日益取得进展。”

HALF a year since the Arabs began to shake off their oppressive slumber, the picture is patchy.

半年来，自从阿拉伯人开始摆脱他们受压制的噩梦，情形有好有坏。

We'd been on a bit of a high following the wins over Bilbao and Everton but our other results had been somewhat patchy.

在赢了毕尔巴鄂与爱佛顿后我们显示出一流水准，但是其他比赛结果就显得与一流球队的地位不那么协调了。

But some US policymakers privately complain that European backing is patchy and tends to go up and down with the euro.

但一些美国的政策制定者私下里抱怨，来自欧洲的支持显得零零碎碎，往往随着欧元的起落而变化。

He deserves congratulations for winning such a vote even in the face of a costly war and a patchy economy.

他确实值得祝贺，因为他是在面临一场昂贵的战争和经济失调的情况下赢得这场选举的。

The good news is that the blooms tend to be really patchy, so it may involve going just a few miles up the road to find an unaffected beach.

好消息是（水藻）开花只趋于是在局部区域，所以只要继续行进数公里就可找到未受（红潮）影响的岸边。

Progress may be patchy, but at least the OGP's non-governmental members will be able to make plenty of noise about it.

进展不可能一帆风顺，但是至少OGP的非政府成员能就此大肆讨论。

Yet fortunately, the newspaper undertakes much of this on my behalf, leaving my own brand-building efforts amateurish and patchy.

但不幸的是，这份报纸替我代劳了大部分这方面的工作，使我打造个人品牌的手段既业余，又不完整。

And since gambling is a state rather than a federal issue, any legalisation of online gambling is likely to be patchy.

自从博彩更多的变成州营而不是联邦的事情的时候，任何在线博彩的合法化都看起来不可调和。

Its success outside America has been patchy: just 9% of its subscribers in London have ever bought anything from it.

其在美国以外的影响更小，在伦敦只有9%的注册用户真正购买过其服务。

And its ability to make inroads with businesses could be hurt by perceptions that the quality of its consumer service is patchy.

那种认为Skype提供的消费者服务的质量不佳的观念可能会伤害Skype影响各项业务的能力。

He said tighter credit conditions and other headwinds would make economic recovery "patchy and slow. "

他表示，信贷环境的收紧以及其他不利环境将令经济复苏呈现“零星而缓慢的”的特点。

And if that list is a little patchy in terms of quality, that's growing minds for you.

如果说这个名单的人物在质量上有些良莠不齐，那么他们至少可以帮你增长心智。

A patchy brown or dark brown skin discoloration that usually occurs on a woman's face and May result from hormonal changes, as in pregnancy.

褐黄斑通常出现在妇女的脸上的一种褐色或深褐色有染斑的皮肤变色，可能由怀孕等引起的激素变化所导致

SARS served as a lesson, but one that apparently has not been well learnt: China's reporting of bird flu outbreaks remains slow and patchy.

非典型肺炎是一个教训，但是看来这个教训还没有被很好地学习。中国在报道禽流感爆发方面仍然迟缓和互不调和。

The Fed's stimulus plan is the central bank's third definitive attempt to aid the U. S. 's patchy economy since 2008.

该刺激方案是美联储自2008年以来为提振美国问题重重的经济而做的第三次明确尝试。

The over-grazing of India's spectrum is already beginning to show in dropped calls and patchy reception.

在印度，过度开发无线频谱已经开始导致有效通话次数减少，信号接收不连贯等现象。

China all along did permit some access to its securities industry, but inroads for foreign firms have been patchy.

中国一直以来确实对证券业做到了部分开放，但外资进入中国市场的途径可谓坎坷不平。

Public discontent may be filling the campaigners' sails, but political support for reforms is still patchy.

公共不满也许使活动家们扬帆起航，但是改革在政治上的支持仍然厚此薄彼。