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单词 shiftless
释义
shiftless
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈʃɪft.ləs/us
/ˈʃɪft.ləs/
lazyand not having muchdeterminationor aclearpurpose:
没志气的；得过且过的
He called theyoungpeopleshiftless,lazyandgood-for-nothing.他说这些年轻人胸无大志，懒惰又无用。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not willing to work or use effort
  • lazyHe's one of the laziest people I've ever met.
  • indolentSome of my classmates are indolent in their health habits.
  • slothfulTelevision and video games have bred a generation of slothful teens.
  • work-shyUKI don't want your work-shy cousin living with us indefinitely!
  • idleUKHe's an able student, just idle.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Laziness and lazy people
  • bludger
  • bone idleidiom
  • bum around
  • CBA
  • clock-watcher
  • indolent
  • indolently
  • layabout
  • lazily
  • laziness
  • lie
  • phone in
  • shirker
  • skiver
  • slacker
  • slackness
  • time-serving
  • unambitious
  • vegetable
  • work-shy
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(Definition ofshiftlessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shiftless| American Dictionary

shiftless
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈʃɪft·ləs/
not havingdeterminationorpurpose:
He says only the shiftless areunemployed.
(Definition ofshiftlessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshiftless

shiftless
The woman who is mentally sub-normal, or the man who isshiftlessand irresponsible, is not likely to queue up outside the clinics.
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They have been referred to asshiftlesscouncil tenants, second-class citizens, enjoying subsidised rents.
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The boys developed into lazy,shiftless, workless men.
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It applies to theshiftless, to those who will not work as well as to those who cannot work.
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It does not mean that they areshiftlessor lazy.
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There are those who think that by these increases we are encouraging people to be idle andshiftless.
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Words such as "shiftless", "workshy"or"scroungers" have been used deliberately.
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The welfare system was increasingly seen not as a safety net for the luckless, but as a bed for theshiftless.
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It is true that among the slum dwellers there areshiftlesspeople.
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It has land and a rathershiftlesslabour force multiplying at a rate which it is impossible to avoid.
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The majority wereshiftlesswork-shy characters for whom petty stealing represented the line of least resistance.
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These were not theshiftlessones about which we have heard so much.
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Shiftless, profuse, futile, spiteful, it is drifting to speedy dissolution amid general indifference to fast gathering contempt.
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Somehow or other we must lengthen their educational life to at least eight years so that these youngsters do not become idle andshiftlessand a menace to society.
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I have lived with the arguments of the party opposite in relation to council house tenants; they wereshiftless, they were second-class citizens, living in houses with subsidised rents.
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