中文词源
shiftless 懒惰的，不思上进的
shift,转移，进步，-less,无，没有。引申词义懒惰的，不思上进的。
英语词源
- shiftless (adj.)
- "wanting in resources or energy and ability to shift for oneself," 1580s, from shift (n.1) in the sense "resources" + -less. Related: Shiftlessly; shiftlessness.
权威例句
- 1. He lives in a shiftless way.
- 他过着得过且过的日子。
- 2. That was little more than the shiftless Slatterys raised.
- 这个产量跟好吃懒做的斯莱特里家比也好不了多少.
- 3. Such shiftless management, such waste, such confusion, I never saw.
- 这样无能的管理方法, 这种浪费, 这种混乱现象, 我从来没有见过.
- 4. The other has been lazy and shiftless.
- 另一个懒惰成性,碌碌无为.
- 5. She said with a very emphatic pronunciation'shiftless ".
- 她加重语气说, “ 没有办法 ”.