查询词典 seventeenthly

Also, many writers use this system loosely and incompletely, starting out with number one and number two as though counting off on their fingers but then going on and on without the succession of labels you've been led to expect, leaving you floundering about searching for the ninthly or seventeenthly that ought to be there but isn't.

还有，许多作者在使用这样的标号时都马虎大意，有始无终。刚开始的时候，有第一、第二，好像他们正扳着指头数呢，可是读着读着，你就看不到你所期待的标号了，你徒然在泥沼中挣扎，等着第九、第十七来救命，可它们却始终没有现身。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。