**副词 (adv.)**:不均匀地;不平衡地;偏斜地。形容某事物在分布、比例或外观上不对称、不均衡的状态。
The picture hung lopsidedly on the wall after the earthquake.
地震过后,那幅画歪歪斜斜地挂在墙上。
The funding was lopsidedly distributed, with nearly eighty percent going to urban projects while rural communities received almost nothing.
资金分配极不均衡,近百分之八十流向了城市项目,而农村社区几乎什么都没有得到。
lopsidedly 源自形容词 lopsided,加上副词后缀 -ly 构成。lopsided 最早出现于18世纪,由 lop(下垂、倾斜)与 sided(有……面的)组合而成。lop 可追溯至中古英语,原意为"松垂的、耷拉的",后来引申为"一边偏重、不平衡"的意思。整个词形象地描绘了某物像一边沉下去一样的不对称状态。