loafing
present participle ofloaf
| 单词 | loafing |
| 释义 | loafing present participle ofloaf loaf verb[I] informaluk/ləʊf/us/loʊf/toavoidactivity,especiallywork: Stop loafing(about/around)and get on withcleaningthewindows! Avoiding action
Examplesofloafingloafing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. There is also a letter written to the superintendent in 1923 which, complains of girls ' 'loafing' ' or being truant in the railroad depot. From theCambridge English Corpus Limiting the size of the group to three reduced the likelihood that 'socialloafing' would be present, since this is more likely in larger groups. From theCambridge English Corpus Isloafingabout in prison what it is all about? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said there was too muchloafinggoing on in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Would not prisoners of war be very much better engaged in some kind of work than simplyloafingabout? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel that soldiers are much better engaged in using their brains in a political discussion than, possibly,loafingabout in a drinking club. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Also, during the long period when we shall beloafingabout in the country we should discuss certain aspects of our trading policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, one sees themloafingin the streets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is fine, they roam about and betake themselves to aimlessloafing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is really giving a lot of naval information by saying that ships areloafingabout inviting attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He also referred to prisonersloafingaround in prison. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The half loafers had no connection with theloafingfraternity who occupy the other benches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If the public saw people on probationloafingaround, leaning on their shovels or not doing what they should be doing, their perception of the local service was diminished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They must be provided with intellectual resources on which they can fall back, or their leisure will mean more looking at the "telly", moreloafingaround and mischief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be there whether they trade or not, and they are less likely to imbibe bad habits while they are trading than if they areloafingabout doing nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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