scrappy

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It may have something to do with the fact that Apple leaks have shifted from scrappy fan sites into the mainstream.
這大概與泄密行動(dòng)已經(jīng)從小打小鬧的粉絲網(wǎng)站逐漸向主流媒體轉(zhuǎn)移這一事實(shí)有點(diǎn)關(guān)系。
At the heart of this cautionary tale sits the cigar-chomping Mr Cayne, who revelled in his firm’s image as Wall Street’s scrappy outsider.
大聲嚼著雪茄的凱恩先生處于這個(gè)引人警戒的故事的中心，他酷愛其公司作為華爾街好斗的局外人形象。
That would leave the Boston Herald, a scrappy but underresourced -- and all too often unserious -- tabloid as Boston's only local newspaper.
這樣一來，當(dāng)?shù)貙H存一家精力旺盛但財(cái)力不足，而且往往不太嚴(yán)肅的小報(bào)——波士頓先驅(qū)報(bào)。

Fordham, by contrast, was a team of scrappy kids from the Bronx and Brooklyn.
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Mr Assad's exiled opponents may be scrappy, but those on the ground are making progress.
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Both teams tired in the final 20 minutes and the game became scrappy and generally untidy.
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(NOT IMPRESSIVE) badly organized or put together
(DETERMINED) having a strong, determined character, and willing to argue or fight for what you want

If you describe something as scrappy, you disapprove of it because it seems to be badly planned or messy.
pugnacious