Water flows left and right. Of cress long here, short there.

参差荇菜，左右流之。

Now gather left and right. Cress long or short and tender!

参差荇菜，左右采之。

The country's laws are a mixed bag.

国家的法律更是参差不。

Yes, a bit of a mixed bag, really.

是的，确实有点参差不。

Before long, the cat began to look ragged.

很快，猫毛变得参差不。

He just ripped it up, willy-nilly.

就那么撕得参差不。

The claws were impressive -- jagged and dark and razor-sharp.

爪子令印象深刻-参差不，黑暗而锋利。

Feast friends at left and right. On cress cooked till tender!

参差荇菜，左右芼之。

Not all fish are created equal, however.

然而，鱼的种类有许多，价格也参差不。

The methods they used at first were inconsistent and messy.

他们最初采用的方式参差不、一塌糊涂。

In the past, state-level data on the prevalence of abortion were patchy.

过去，关于堕胎率的州级数据参差不。

There is an unevenness of quality.

这本书的内容质量参差不。

The Associated Press reports that enforcement of the ban has been uneven.

美联社报道称，该禁令的执行情况参差不。

The first, a jagged array of serrated teeth rooted in jaws that could crush steel.

第一就是满口参差的能够咬穿钢铁的锯齿状牙齿。

Yet the use of these bundles across the country is spotty or missing.

但是这些方案在全国范围内的 应用是参差不或者不完整的。

But more than a decade later its implementation across the country is spotty.

但十多年后，它在全国范围内的实施状况参差不。

Since stones in the track ballast are jagged, they interlock with each other.

由于轨道道砟中的石头是参差不的，所以它们相互交错。

In other places in Europe, app use has been mixed.

在欧洲的其他一些地方，应用程序的使用是参差不的。

Indonesia has a, at best, patchy record in terms of caring for the environment.

印度尼西亚在保护环境方面的记录是参差不的。

Especially with math, students returned from the pandemic with uneven abilities.

尤其是在数学方面，从疫情中归来的学生的能力参差不。