1. State data are patchier, but the trend appears to be sharply upward. 各州数据还不完整，但总体趋势是大幅上升的。
2. Goldman's reputation for risk management is excellent, Morgan Stanley's a bit patchier. 高盛在风险管理方面拥有良好声誉，摩根·斯坦利也仅稍逊一筹。
3. The first is that jack pines occur in patchier stands than the continuous swaths of lodgepole on the west coast. 首先，相对于海滩松在西海岸的连续分布，短叶松仅呈零散的块状分布。
4. The numbers on international flows of people are much patchier than those on cross-border flows of goods or capital. 国际流动人数比跨国商品或资金流动多得多。
5. Krill distribution was patchier than anyone had imagined, but dense schools of the small crustaceans were plainly here. 磷虾的分布比任何人设想的都更零散，但在这一带却密集地成群活动。
