单词 | make-work |
释义 | make-workˈmake-work noun [uncountableU] American EnglishAmEBUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DO work that is not important but is given to people to keep them busy 〔为了不让人闲着而让人做的〕不重要的工作,没事找事的活儿 Examples from the Corpus make-work• Unfortunately, when Graham left office Governor Martinez ignored the system, and it quickly degenerated into make-work.• Should we ask people to risk their lives for the sake of make-work?• Another 1.8 million people are in what amounts to make-work jobs. From Longman Business Dictionary make-workˈmake-work noun [uncountableU] American EnglishAmE work that is not important but is given to people to keep them busy They want to move from their make-work jobs into more challenging ones. |
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