"wanting in resources or energy and ability to shift for oneself," 1580s, from shift (n.1) in the sense "resources" + -less. Related: Shiftlessly; shiftlessness.
双语例句
1. He lives in a shiftless way.
他过着得过且过的日子。
来自辞典例句
2. That was little more than the shiftless Slatterys raised.
这个产量跟好吃懒做的斯莱特里家比也好不了多少.
来自飘（部分）
3. Such shiftless management, such waste, such confusion, I never saw.
这样无能的管理方法, 这种浪费, 这种混乱现象, 我从来没有见过.
来自辞典例句
4. The other has been lazy and shiftless.
另一个懒惰成性,碌碌无为.
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5. She said with a very emphatic pronunciation'shiftless ".
她加重语气说, “ 没有办法 ”.
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英英释意
1. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy;
"a shiftless student"
"studied in a shiftless way"
实用场景例句
...a shiftless husband.
不求上进的丈夫
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The other has been lazy and shiftless.
另一个懒惰成性,碌碌无为.
辞典例句
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.
懒惰使人沉睡, 懈怠的人必受饥饿.
期刊摘选
He's lazy and shiftless.
他很懒,得过且过.
期刊摘选
Such shiftless management, such waste, such confusion, I never saw.
这样无能的管理方法, 这种浪费, 这种混乱现象, 我从来没有见过.
辞典例句
Don't hang around that shiftless guy. You don't know what he will do.
不要跟那个得过且过的混混在一起, 你不知道他会做些什么事.
辞典例句
That was little more than the shiftless Slatterys raised.
