scratch

IPA(Pronunciation)

/skɹæt͡ʃ/

Adjective

not-comparable

For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work. / Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation

Japanese Meaning

予備的または暫定的で、未完成な作業・状態を示す。 / 急ごしらえで組み立て・配置・構築された状態を示す。

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She put together a scratch draft of the proposal to share with the team.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女はチームと共有するために、提案書の仮の下書きをまとめた。

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Sense（1）

For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.

This is scratch paper, so go ahead and scribble whatever you want on it.

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Sense（2）

Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation

A scratch company of two innocuous youths and a pacified veteran was therefore what now offered itself to Mrs. Stringham, who rustled in a little breathless and full of the compunction of having had to come alone.

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Sense（3）

scratch memory

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Sense（4）

(sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.

... the shot that does most to make a genuine scratch golfer is the mashie shot up to the pin — not merely up to the green.

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