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单词 work-shy
释义
work-shyˈwork-shy adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It is very hard for me to bear because my employer and even my own family think I am just being work-shy.
  • Most of them are idle, work-shy, good-for-nothing.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not liking work or physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything: · a lazy student· You make your own breakfast! Don't be so lazy!
lazy and not doing enough work. Idle sounds rather formal and is becoming old-fashioned. In everyday English, people usually use lazy: · The beggars were too idle to look for work.· Her son was bone idle (=extremely lazy).
formal lazy and living a comfortable life: · He spent an indolent first year at Oxford.· the indolent son of a wealthy landowner
lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life: · her shiftless husband
British English lazy and trying to avoid any work: · He was work-shy, and no one could remember when he’d last held a job.
formal lazy and not liking physical activity: · Her advice to slothful Americans is: ‘Get out there and walk!’
someone who is work-shy tries to avoid working because they do not like it SYN  lazy
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