| 单词 | faineant |
| 释义 | faineant (once / 140707 pages) adj WORD FAMILY faineant: faineance USAGE EXAMPLESAccomplished antiquarians and “commissioners” assisted him in his labours; but he was no roi fainéant on the editorial sofa which he so complacently describes. Ward, Adolphus William, Sir, Dickens—English Men of Letters(2011) The Invisible King is not, after all, a roi fainéant. Archer, William, God and Mr. Wells—A Critical Examin...(2010) The lord no doubt was a fool, and filled the most foolish place in the world,—that of a silly fainéant earl. Trollope, Anthony, The Landleaguers(2010) adj disinclined to work or exertion faineant kings under whose rule the country languished Syn indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy idle not in action or at work |
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