| 单词 | make-work |
| 释义 | make-work noun[U] uk/ˈmeɪk.wɜːk/us/ˈmeɪk.wɝːk/unimportantworkgiven to someone tokeepthatpersonbusy （只是让人有事可做的）不重要的工作Work, working and the workplace
make-work| American Dictionarymake-work noun[U] us/ˈmeɪk ˌwɜrk/unimportantworkgiven to someone tokeepthatpersonbusy make-work| Business Englishmake-work noun[U] USukusjobsthat are given topeople,especiallyby agovernment, tostopthem from beingunemployed: SeniorStateDepartmentofficialstook thedecisiontodivert$286 million toshort-term"make-work"projects. Examplesofmake-workmake-work In that case, it is simply amake-work, temporary employment scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately,make-workschemes always cost more than they save. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not support massive reflationary measures or wastefulmake-workschemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Helenians employed onmake-workschemes; how many hours are worked on average; and how this compares with 1982. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 First, itsmake-workschemes would not save money, but would cost money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There may be a social case formake-workschemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a programme ofmake-work; it is real work with a socially useful output. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he ensure that the scheme places every possible emphasis on long-term retraining for the future and does not become merely a "make-work" scheme? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be compulsion to use the make-weight,make-workdead-end youth training schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will they count people on their newmake-workschemes and their environmental task force as unemployed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an entirely different programme from simply providingmake-workschemes, which is what young people have been used to in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about road gangs,make-workand people painting old ladies' houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One more point on that aspect: when we came into office we found an extraordinaryà la carteof eccentric "make-work" schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The youth opportunities programme was purely amake-workscheme—an opportunity to get people off the streets for six months and to pay them to do something. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not amake-workscheme. 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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