slothful

英 [ˈsləʊθfl]

美 [ˈsloʊθfl]

adj.  懒散的; 怠惰的

TOEFLIELTS

COCA.34516

牛津词典

adj.

• 懒散的；怠惰的
  lazy

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 懒散的;怠惰的
  Someone who isslothfulis lazy and unwilling to make an effort to work.
  1. He was not slothful: he had been busy all night.
     他可不懒，昨晚他忙了整整一夜。

英英释义

adj

• disinclined to work or exertion
  1. faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
  2. an indolent hanger-on
  3. too lazy to wash the dishes
  4. shiftless idle youth
  5. slothful employees
  6. the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
  Synonym:faineantindolentlazyotiosework-shy

双语例句

• That you become not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.
  这样，你们不但不会懈怠，而且还会效法那些因信德和耐心而继承恩许的人。
• And though we used to think that lying in bed made us slothful, in fact sleep is the best diet there is.
  尽管我们曾经认为，躺在床上使我们懒惰，其实睡眠是最好的饮食。
• Those who work hard and smart are much better off than the incompetent and slothful, but not so much that they end up with virtually all the goodies.
  勤劳者、聪明者的生活会比无能者、懒惰者好，但不至于好到占有所有的商品。
• The unqualified, degraded, slothful, deceptive, overbearing, lazy, morose and procrastinating performer of actions is called in the nature of ignorance.
  那些不合格的，堕落的，投机取巧的，欺诈的，傲慢专横的，懒惰的，郁闷怪僻的，拖拖拉拉的行为者就是处于愚昧无知的品性中。
• A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as an individual.
  安逸的生活，平静的生活来源于缺少奋斗的欲望或能力，对于一个国家或者个人都是无意义的。
• They would do better to throw their millions into the sea than to use them to encourage the slothful and the drunken.
  他们要想用这笔钱来激励那些懒汉和醉鬼，还不如把钱扔到海里去。
• Time runs against the slothful and those who neglect their rights.
  时间总是对那些懒汉和忽视自身权利者不利。
• I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man.
  我走过懒惰人的田地，经过愚昧人的葡萄园。
• The woman in the tent next to us seemed to spend half the day shouting at her two slothful adolescent sons.
  我们隔壁帐篷的那位妇人似乎有半天时间是冲她那两个年轻懒散的儿子喊叫的。
• The long slobbering slothful decline we had been looking forward to was not to be.
  我们曾经预计的那漫长的、涎水横流的、懒散的衰老过程不会出现了。