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

• 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。
• 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 hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Remember that no good will come of people who are lazy.
  殷勤人的手必掌权。懒惰的人必服苦。要记住懒惰的人是不会有好结果的。
• A life of slothful ease.
  懒散而安逸的生活。
• Can I think of dying, and standing before my God, and yet be slothful in my Master's service?
  当我想到死后站在上帝的面前时，仍然怠惰于服事主吗？
• In Korea and Japan closely held and widely spread firms became slothful.
  韩国和日本“分布广泛、权利集中”的企业都变得慵懒无比。
• And the bickering, slothful Congress seemed likely to pass some important legislation quickly.
  而平时众人眼里总是充斥着争吵和怠惰的议会也将迅速通过一些重要的立法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。