To compound its low status in the medical hierarchy, travel medicine has to rely on statistics that are patchy at best.
为了加重其在医疗体系中的低下地位，旅游医学不得不依赖充其量零零碎碎的统计数据。
The mobile phone industry plans to introduce a universal charger as part of a drive to improve its previously patchy environmental record.
手机制造业计划推出一款通用充电器，这将作为驱使自己改善先前的不环保记录的一部分。
The CT manifestations of spinal tuberculosis were: mottling, patchy, caved or faveolate bone destructions.
脊柱结核的CT表现为：斑片、斑点状、洞穴状或蜂窝状骨质破坏。
The translation is patchy in places too.
许多地方的翻译也是凑合了事。
The signs of improvement are patchy, however.
然而，这些好转的迹象并不平衡。
On civilians, Professor Pinker’s case is more patchy.
平民死亡人数上，平克教授的案例更能说明问题。
Although surveillance to detect cases has improved, it remains patchy.
虽然已改进监测以发现病例，但仍然是不完整的。
The authors have Numbers, sometimes patchy, for just 38 countries.
作者拥有的数据并不多，尽管不时添添补补，现在仅有38个国家的数据。
The data on these differences are patchy, the study’s authors acknowledge.
该项研究的作者承认这些区别的数据是零落分散的。
Figures from other big firms are patchy, since they are private partnerships.
从其他大公司得到的数据都不太完整，因为他们都是私人合伙企业。
Although the FCPA was enacted in 1977, enforcement was patchy until recently.
尽管海外营私舞弊法案于1977年通过，但是直到最近其实施道路可谓历尽坎坷。
But that is unlikely to happen while mobile-internet connectivity remains patchy.
但是，在手机和互联网还不能完美连接的情况下，这不太可能发生的。
Surveys about attitudes to marriage are patchy and subject to a lot of reservations.
对婚姻态度的调查杂乱无章并受很多限制。
This dust-driven cooling, though, is patchy—and in some places it may not even be helpful.
这种由尘埃产生的降温尽管显得很不调和——在有些地方也可能甚至是无益的。
This dust-driven cooling, though, is patchy-and in some places it may not even be helpful.
此沙尘降温法虽感觉有东拼西凑甚至在一些地区可能起不到什么作用。
For weeks data on the American economy had been patchy, indicating a spluttering recovery.
美国经济的几周数据不尽完美，显示出一个不均衡的回暖。
For years America was the only country that took this seriously, and even its record was patchy.
多年来，美国是唯一一个对此持严肃态度的国家，甚至连美国的记录都不完整。
Progress is patchy, or too slow, or entirely stalled, as is the case with maternal mortality.
进展过于零碎，过于缓慢，或完全受阻。孕产妇死亡率就是一个很好的例子。
And although wireless broadband connectivity is widespread, it can still be patchy and unreliable.
尽管无线宽带已经广泛普及，但仍然不够稳定和完善。
Quite a lot of us derive our patchy understanding of globalisation from such well-publicised high jinks.
我们中有很多人对全球化的理解都比较零碎，而且这种理解都来自于这种大肆宣扬且喧闹的活动之中。
Sometimes senior jobs are Shared in the public and voluntary sectors, but even there the record is patchy.
有时候，公共和志愿者行业存在分担高级职位的情况，但即便在这些领域，记录也是褒贬不一。
And continued global imbalances and the patchy outlook for global growth add to the uncertainty that lies ahead.
此外，全球收支持续失衡和全球增长前景不佳增大了今后的不确定性。
Its success outside America has been patchy: just 9% of its subscribers in London have ever bought anything from it.
该公司在美国国外的业绩更是良莠不齐：以伦敦为例，仅有9%的团客在高朋网上购买过东西。
The patchy credit histories of subprime and low-documentation borrowers made it hard to model default rates accurately.
次级和简易型贷款的债务人不均的信用记录使得很难用模型精确算出违约率。
In Germany senior figures point to the barriers, such as patchy child care, that keep too many women out of the workforce.
在德国高级官员指出其存在的障碍，比如不完善的儿童抚养方案，这个方案使得很多的女人脱离了工作。
Indeed, even when someone's memory is patchy, he will still do his best to spin the information he has into a credible yarn.
确实，即使一个人对某件事的记忆并不完整，他仍然会尽其所能利用脑中的信息编造出一个令人信服的故事。
Those mighty winds pulled in a band of cloud and some patchy rain through the small hours, and into the first part of the morning.
那些强劲的大风卷起一层云彩，还有些零星的小雨下了好一会，一直持续到清晨。
Recent months, moreover, have brought particular hardships: high inflation, a patchy monsoon, a slowing economy and vanishing jobs.
此外，严重的通货膨胀，突发的季风，缓慢的经济和减少的就业，使最近的几个月的形势尤其严峻。
Recent months, moreover, have brought particular hardships: high inflation, a patchy monsoon, a slowing economy and vanishing jobs.
此外，严重的通货膨胀，突发的季风，缓慢的经济和减少的就业，使最近的几个月的形势尤其严峻。
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