| 单词 | laziness |
| 释义 | laziness (once / 2904 pages) n The characteristic of being idle or relaxed can be called laziness. Your laziness might keep you from taking your puppy for the long walk she needs, instead just letting her out in the yard. There's the kind of laziness when you lie in a hammock for an hour watching the clouds, and then there's the kind when you don't get any work done all week. You might experience laziness on vacation, sleeping later than usual and lounging on the beach with a book. Sometimes laziness is the result, though, of an unwillingness to work or help someone out: "His laziness meant that I had to set the tent up all by myself!" WORD FAMILYlaziness: lazinesses+/lazy: lazier, laziest, lazily, laziness USAGE EXAMPLES“My own experience is that whenever you overcome your own laziness and engage other people, you are encountering Jesus,” the cardinal says. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) The first desk chairs with backrests were criticized for encouraging laziness and depravity. Slate(Dec 21, 2016) While immaturity and laziness are inextricably linked, neither is irrevocable. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1n inactivity resulting from a dislike of work Syn|Hypo|Hyper indolence faineance, idleness the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work shiftlessnessa failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition inactiveness, inactivity, inertia a disposition to remain inactive or inert 2n apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) Syn|Hyper acedia, sloth deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace 3n relaxed and easy activity the laziness of the day helped her to relax Hyper ease, relaxation, repose, rest freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) |
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