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

shiftless

/ˈʃɪftləs

adjective

Characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition: a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings...

Anyone who believes that unions serve a function in this day and age is a lazy, good-for-nothing, shiftless shirker.
‘I think immigrants think we're lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothing,’ she says.
I could have said her son the no good, lazy, shiftless shyster but I'm in a mood to be nice today.

Synonyms

lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical;

spiritless, apathetic, improvident, aimless, worthless, feckless, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well;

inefficient, incompetent, inept, unambitious, unenterprising

Derivatives

shiftlessly

/ˈʃɪftləsli/ adverb ...

I've come to the realization that I more or less float shiftlessly from one idea or desire to the next.
His characters tend to be laid back and fairly at ease, meandering shiftlessly and still accomplishing something.
As a mid-level bureaucrat in the provincial civil service, ‘I was aimlessly and shiftlessly moving along in my life working for the province,’ he recalls.

shiftlessness

/ˈʃɪftləsnəs/ noun ...

There have been suicides passed off as accidents and shiftlessness indulgently termed wanderlust.
When he was still in his 20s, a steady descent into corpulence, shiftlessness and defensive irony began.
So our nation, through shiftlessness and lack of interest, is losing the war on cancer.

单词	shiftless
释义	shiftless /ˈʃɪftləs / adjective Characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition: a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings... Anyone who believes that unions serve a function in this day and age is a lazy, good-for-nothing, shiftless shirker. ‘I think immigrants think we're lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothing,’ she says. I could have said her son the no good, lazy, shiftless shyster but I'm in a mood to be nice today. Synonyms lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical; spiritless, apathetic, improvident, aimless, worthless, feckless, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well; inefficient, incompetent, inept, unambitious, unenterprising Derivatives shiftlessly /ˈʃɪftləsli/ adverb ... I've come to the realization that I more or less float shiftlessly from one idea or desire to the next. His characters tend to be laid back and fairly at ease, meandering shiftlessly and still accomplishing something. As a mid-level bureaucrat in the provincial civil service, ‘I was aimlessly and shiftlessly moving along in my life working for the province,’ he recalls. shiftlessness /ˈʃɪftləsnəs/ noun ... There have been suicides passed off as accidents and shiftlessness indulgently termed wanderlust. When he was still in his 20s, a steady descent into corpulence, shiftlessness and defensive irony began. So our nation, through shiftlessness and lack of interest, is losing the war on cancer.
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