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shiftlessness

/shift-lis/US // ˈʃɪft lɪs //UK // (ˈʃɪftlɪs) //

无力感,不动产,不动摇,不稳定

Related Words

apathetic麻木不仁,漠不关心,冷漠的,冷漠good-for-nothing不稂不莠,无用的东西,无用的,无用的人idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的inattentive不专心,心不在焉,不专心致志,不专心的incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的indolent懒洋洋的,懒散,懒散的人,懒洋洋lackadaisical无精打采,无精打采的,无精打彩,懒散laggard落后者,落伍者,滞后,落后的lethargic慵懒的,慵懒,昏昏欲睡,葳蕤lifeless无生命,无生命的,无生命力,没有生命力loafing闲逛,懒惰,游手好闲,偷懒slack松弛,松懈,松懈的,松垮的slothful懒惰,懒散,懒惰的人,懒惰的unmotivated毫无斗志,无心插柳柳成荫,无心插柳,毫无斗志的lagging滞后,滞后的,滞后性,迟滞dallying颟顸无知,颟顸的,颟顸,颟顸无能directionless无方向性,无方向感,无方向,无定向procrastinating拖拖拉拉的,拖延时间,拖拖拉拉,拖延unambitious毫无抱负,毫无抱负的,无所求,无志向unenergetic没有活力,没有活力的,没有活力的人,毫无活力

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
    • : lacking in incentive, ambition, or aspiration.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounlaziness
Synonyms
apathy麻木不仁,冷漠,冷漠症,冷漠的态度dilatoriness扩张性,扩张力,扩张性强,扩张剂dormancy休眠,休眠期,休眠症,休眠状态dreaminess梦想,梦境,梦寐以求,梦幻drowsiness昏昏欲睡,嗜睡,昏昏沉沉,瞌睡dullness暗淡无光,暗淡,沉闷,呆滞faineance风格heaviness沉重,沉重感,厚重感,沉重的感觉idleness怠惰,懒惰,怠工,闲置inactivity不活泼,不活动,不活跃,不活跃性indolence懒惰,懒散,怠惰,懒惰症inertia惯性,惯性思维,惰性,惯性力inertness惰性,坚定不移,坚定性,严密性laxness松懈,涣散性,涣散,松懈状态leisureliness闲情逸致,闲适性,悠闲性,悠闲度lethargy暮气沉沉,昏睡,昏睡症,嗜睡症listlessness无精打采,怅然若失,无精打彩,怅惘neglectfulness忽视,忽略不计,忽略,疏忽大意negligence疏忽大意,疏忽,过失,疏失passivity被动性,被动,被动的,被动症remissness无能,无责任感,不负责任,失职slackness松懈,松弛,懈怠,懒惰sleepiness嗜睡,嗜睡症,困倦,睡意sloth树懒,懒人,懒惰,懒汉slothfulness懒惰,懒散,懒惰症,懒惰的人slowness缓慢,迟钝,迟缓,慢性sluggishness不景气,呆滞,不振,呆滞性stolidity稳健性,稳固性,坚固性,稳健tardiness迟到,迟延,迟误,迟迟不归torpidness迟钝,迟钝性,痴呆症,痴呆weariness疲惫,疲惫感,疲倦,疲劳do-nothingness无为而治,无为,无所事事,无事可做faineancy脂肪含量,脂肪细胞,脂肪,脂肪学lackadaisicalness无所事事,无精打采,无精打彩,无精打采的languidness慵懒,慵懒症,慵懒感,枯燥乏味languorousness慵懒,慵懒症,慵懒的人,懒惰leadenness领先性,领导能力,领先,领先优势otioseness倾斜性,倾斜度,肥胖症,冗长性otiosity忠诚度,忠诚,奥特曼sluggardness呆滞性,呆滞,迟钝性,迟钝supineness超越,超越性,超然,超越自我torpescence龟缩,鸟瞰图,龟缩效应,鸟瞰

Examples

  • Elaine is not some shiftless next-door neighbor whom you can attack with impunity, some member of a competing tribe who must be dispatched with dispatch.

  • A self-review of “Shiftless When Idle”: title—good; song—kinda.

  • Third, he wants to turn America into a Euro-paradise for the shiftless and unmotivated.

  • The other side can't stand the idea of taking wealth from hard-working Us to shiftless and lazy Them.

  • There was hardly to be found in all Southern Tennessee a more contented, shiftless, ill-bestead family than theirs.

  • Verena was a poor old widow, doddering and shiftless: Charity suspected that she came for her keep.

  • All went well till lazy and shiftless immigrants arrived to enjoy the paradise also.

  • Yet he did not retreat from his moral and intellectual standards, or lose the respect of that shiftless community.

  • Those who did so were usually the land speculators and people of weak, irresolute, or shiftless character.

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