V to shave or remove the surface of (leather) 刮掉
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V to evade (work or responsibility) 躲避(工作或责任) [英国英语] [非正式]
I can't find Martin anywhere in the office, he must be skiving.
我在办公室里哪儿也找不到马丁,他一定在偷懒。
The authors recount (with grudging admiration) how nurses in rural Rajasthan outwitted the two professors' efforts to stop them skiving off work.
作者列举了一个实例(带着不那么情愿的钦佩)- - -拉贾斯坦邦的护士如何和这两位教授斗智斗勇最后成功翘班。
Either the cleaner is too stupid to realise he should be skiving more subtly, or he thinks you are too stupid to notice, or he does not care if you notice.
一是那个清洁员太笨以致于不会巧妙地偷闲,二是他认为你太笨不会注意到,三是他不在乎你是否注意到。
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