Chequered
a. 有格子花的, 有...交错着的, 盛衰无常的, 多波折的, 变化多端的
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
chequered
(US checkered), adj [esp attrib 尤作定语]
(fig 比喻) marked by periods of good and bad fortune 好运与恶运交替的
a chequered career/history/past 荣辱盛衰的事业[历史/过去].
🗣️ 情景例句
OK. Since you put it this way. I'll have to comply.
好吧。既然你这么说，我只好同意了。
Excuse me. Could you give me change for a dollar?
劳驾，你能不能换1元零钱给我？
So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from.
于是，考古学家们既缺乏历史记载，又无口头传说来帮助他们弄清最早的“现代人”是从哪里来的。