The expression was born in the military forces. A hot shot was a soldier who fired without aiming carefully.

这个表达来自军队，hot shot是指不认真瞄准就射击的士兵。

Thy mother, Jacquot, is a holy woman, but she has not the best of society manners, and at first she talked without aim or reason.

你的母亲雅克特是一位圣洁的女人， 但她没有最好的社交礼仪， 起初她说话没有目的或理由。

In this unvarying monotony of existence his days were consumed; and his powers became exhausted without aim or design, until they brought him to a sorrowful end.

在这种一成不变的单调生活中， 他的日子消逝了。他的力量在没有目的或设计的情况下变得耗尽， 直到他们悲惨地结束了他。

Individuals of wiser faith, indeed, who knew that Heaven promotes its purposes without aiming at the stage-effect of what is called miraculous interposition, were inclined to see a providential hand in Roger Chillingworth's so opportune arrival.

确实，有智慧的人知道上天在促进其目的而不是为了所谓的奇迹干预的舞台效果，他们倾向于在罗杰·齐灵渥斯如此适时的到来中看到天意之手。