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shiftless
[ˈʃɪftləs] [ˈʃɪftləs]

  • adj. <贬>偷懒的,不求上进的;无计谋的,无能的

英英释义

shiftless [ 'ʃiftlis ]

  • adj. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy

    "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

shiftless /ˈʃɪftlɪs/

  • 1. 

    ADJ If you describe someone as shiftless, you mean that they are lazy and have no desire to achieve anything. 懒惰且不求上进 [表不满]

    例:

    ...a shiftless husband.

    ...一位不求上进的丈夫。

同近义词

双语例句权威例句

  • He lives in a shiftless way.

    得过且过的日子。

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  • A person without ambition is said to be shiftless .

    没有雄心被称为没出息的或者懒惰的人。

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  • Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.

    懒惰使沉睡懈怠必受饥饿。

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更多双语例句
  • In retrospect, I was a sad little boy and a standard-issue, shiftless, egotistical, dejected teen-ager.

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  • He perfected the art of buttboarding sitting on his skateboard and careering down hills with no helmet and no brakes and staged rock-throwing wars with other shiftless kids in empty lots.

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