英语词汇“make-work”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	make-work
释义	make-work orig. U.S.\|ˈmeɪkwɜːk\| [f. make- + work n.] Work or activity of little or no value devised mainly to keep someone busy. Also attrib. 1937Political Q. VIII. 608 A nation-wide organization of relief work, including..genuine public works and a host of make-work projects of questionable merit.1947Yale Law Jrnl. Dec. 182 Community development subordinated to make-work and pump-priming.1957[see cost-accounted ppl. a. s.v. cost n.² 6].1972Guardian 13 Sept. 12/1 Still the old make-work continues, the mailbags and the excessive cleaning, which..occupy almost a quarter of the prison population.
随便看	trookyll troolie trooly troone troop trooper troopial troopie trooping troopmeal troopwise troose troostite trooze tropal tropane troparion tropary trope tropee tropeic tropeine tropel troper tropery

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