a long gun that fires a large number of small metal bullets at one time, designed for shooting birds and animals

You could shoot a scattergun there, and not hit a soul. 你可以在那里射击散弹枪，而什么都打不到。

Because squirrels are small, a 12-bore scattergun isn't much use. 因为松鼠很小，所以12口径的散弹枪用处不大。

several things that seem to have no connection with each other

He was incarcerated on a scattergun of charges. 他因多项指控入狱。

The programme fired a scattergun of blame hitting US imports, reality TV, and the emergence of multichannel telly. 该节目对美国进口产品、真人秀节目和多频道电视的出现通通进行了指责。

involving doing something to a lot of things or people without any organized plan, rather than doing it to particular things or people

Don't have a scattergun approach - calling everyone you know to see if there is a job going - but work out what you want from different people. 不要毫无针对性地给你认识的所有人打电话，看是否能找到工作;而是要搞清楚你想从不同的人那里得到什么。

Were you singled out by the advisor to receive the email - rather than just being hit randomly by a scattergun one? 这名顾问是专门给你发了这封邮件吗？还是群发的？

of several very different types

The targets for this novel are as scattergun as the hilarious prose. 这部小说像幽默小品文一样没有明确的受众。

Such scattergun responses show only uncertainty, even among the experts. 即使专家们也认为这种毫无针对性的回答只能显得没有把握。