a motley collection/crew/assortment etcVARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDSa group of people or things that are very different from each other and do not seem to belong together 形形色色的集合物/一伙人/混合物等
I looked at the motley bunch we were sailing with and began to feel uneasy about the trip.
我看着船上同行的那些杂七杂八的人,对这次航行担心起来。
His pockets contained a motley collection of coins, movie ticket stubs, and old candies.
他的口袋里乱七八糟地放了很多东西,有硬币、电影票票根,还有很久以前的糖果。
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a motley collection/crew/assortment etc• A group appear from the house, a motley collection like a troupe of clowns.• When he stalked out he left her with a motley crew mostly of accountants and lawyers.• The party is not a motley collection of ageing hippies, but an arm of a wealthy and complex organisation.• A middle-agedcouple got out and began to unloada motley collection of boxes and bags.• All had several days' growth of beard and were dressed in a motley collection of civilianclothing.• Photographs of the period show groups of men in a motley collection of semi-uniform.• If so, is what you have put together really just a motley collection with a messyclash of styles and materials?