But for the criminal.languor which characterized that commander’s movements.the honor of France might still have been saved?(John Lothrop Motley .

“如果不是因为罪犯…指挥官的消沉怠倦的行为…法兰西的荣誉或许能得到挽救”(约翰·娄斯罗普·莫特利)

Wear [put on] (the)motley

⑴穿着(小丑之)杂色花衣⑵扮演丑角

put on [wear] (the)motley

扮演丑角; 装傻; 作科打诨

put on (wear) the motley

扮演丑角；装傻.

Most Ivy League freshman classes are chosen from a motley collection of constituencies.and a bare majority of entering students can honestly be called scholars(New York Times)See Synonyms at miscellaneous

常春藤联合会的大部分新成员选自于五花八门的候选人集合体…而且有过半数的新生简直可以被称作学者(纽约时报)参见

be garbed in motley

穿着彩色衣服,丑角装束

A motley throng--a motley throng! Prince and beggar, sinner and saint, butcher and baker and candlestick-maker, tinkers and tailors, and ploughboys and sailors--all jostling along together.

纷繁嘈杂的人群啊!王子与乞丐，罪人与圣人，屠夫、面包师与烛台商，铁匠与裁缝，农民与海员，所有的人一起向前拥挤着。

a motley assemblage

各色人物会聚一堂.

The audience consisted of a motley crowd of property owners, renters, and drifters.

观众中各色人等都有，有地产所有者、租赁人和流浪汉

The crowd is a motley one, for it is composed of people of many nationalities

广场上的人群很杂,汇聚了世界上的众多民族

Motley , for his part, makes his villains excessively villainous and his heros wearisomely heroic.

讲到莫特利,他把他的坏人讲得过于无赖,把他的英雄写得过于英勇,看了使人厌倦。

Motley , for his part, makes his villains excessively villainous and his heroes wearisomely heroic

讲到莫特利，他把他的坏人写得过于无赖，把他的英雄写得过于英勇。

The people she’d invited were a pretty motley crew.

她请的人相当杂.

Motley makes his villains excessively villainous and his heroes wearisomely heroic

莫特利把坏人写得过于无赖，把他的英雄写得过于英勇。

There is a motley assortment of pens and pencils and so on.

那儿有钢笔、铅笔等杂七杂八的东西。

prescott, Motley , and Parkman, the historians, conceived vast schemes, and carried them out to the limit of their powers

普雷斯科特、莫特利和帕克曼这三位史学家，都有远大的抱负，而且都已尽力完成了他们的计划。

A strange and motley set they were, these friends of the chevalier

骑士的这班朋友真是五花八门，无奇不有。

while [ Holland’s ] sister provinces had proved recreant to [ William of Orange ](John Lothrop Motley .

然而姐妹省区已证明了对的背叛(约翰·洛思罗普·莫特利)

He wouldn’t obtrude his assistance,if it were declined(John Lothrop Motley .

如果他的援助被谢绝的话，他不会将此强加于别人的(约翰·洛斯鲁普·莫特利)。

verdant scum upon the surface of deep pools simulated the turf that had been removed(John Lothrop Motley .The remaining terms-feign,fake,and counterfeit-all imply at least a measure of deliberate sham.

深潭表面上青绿的浮藻给人一种假象，好象草地被转移了(约翰·洛恩罗普莫·特利)。剩下的几个词如feign，fake和都暗示有某种程度的虚假。

raze what was left of the city from the surface of the earth(John Lothrop Motley .

使这个城市剩下的东西从地球表面上消失(约翰·路斯洛普·莫特利)。

He.considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost(John Lothrop Motley .

他…认为奖金与它所夺去的生命相比太微不足道了(约翰·洛斯罗浦·莫特莱)。

His interpretations on history are far less strained than those of motley

他对于历史的解释不象莫特利那样牵强。

He was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage(John Lothrop Motley .

他谨慎小心，因而不可能与这样一位重要人物发生争执(约翰·洛恩罗普·英特利)

He often offended men who might have been useful friends(John Lothrop Motley .

他经常伤害那些本可以成为有用朋友的人(约翰·洛思罗普·莫特利)。

A motley crew they are,their doings as dark as they are ludicrous(John Simon)

他们是一群行踪诡秘，为人荒唐可笑的乌合之众(约翰·西蒙)

Where Cranly led me to get rich quick, hunting his winners among the mudsplashed brakes, amid the bawls of bookies on their pitches and reek of the canteen, over the motley slush

为了及早发上一笔财，克兰利曾把我领到这里来;我们在溅满泥点子的大型四轮游览马车之间，在各据一方的赛马赌博经纪人那大声吆唤和饮食摊的强烈气味中，在色彩斑驳的烂泥上穿来穿去，寻找可能获胜的马匹。

a motley crew

乌合之众.

The Spaniards were astonished at these novel maneuvers [ by musketeers on skates ] upon the ice(John Lothrop Motley .

西班牙人被这些在冰上的[滑行步兵]进行的大规模战略演习惊得目瞪口呆(约翰·劳斯路普·莫特利)。

A motley of political views

形形色色的政治观点

wear motley

扮演小丑

a motley group

混杂的一群人