Definition of sluggard in English:

sluggard

noun ˈslʌɡədˈsləɡərd

A lazy, sluggish person.
懒怠的人，懒汉
I'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak
Example sentencesExamples
- We are also enjoined to learn lessons from animals: ‘Go to the ant, you sluggard, see its ways and become wise!’
- This disposes of the last remnant of his reputation and wholly destroys his main usefulness as a moral agent, since it will make the sluggard hesitate to go to him any more.
- That is why, while I often criticize the sluggards and incompetents in government, my admiration for the good guys is boundless.
- We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, and the industrious ant, a sluggard.
- Pool is on the agenda, I think, although card is subject to change depending on when the other sluggards can get their asses into gear.
- He planned to write 137 novels in his Comedie Humaine, but - the sluggard!
- What a relief not having to carry those three sluggards on my back!
- If, on the other hand, we say of a boy, ‘He's not going anywhere,’ we are not praising his steadfastness but damning him as an ambitionless sluggard.
- The American masses are perceived as apathetic sluggards, whose votes would be better exercised by enlightened foreign observers.
- Franklin's admonition ‘Up sluggard and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough’ has rung in Hall's ears throughout the transformation.
- These ants: they always claim to work hard, but in truth they're nothing but lazy idle sluggards!
- You have no decency in you, you drunken sluggard!
- It's amazing how much guilt I enjoy loading myself with - the guilt of being a sluggard.
- Is it the sluggard who refuses to seek work when there is work available?
- Dujon had not chosen welfare because she was a sluggard or had a baby out of wedlock.
- When dawn breaks, this nocturnal bird turns into an impossible sluggard.
- Far from being a national icon, Bonaparte is a weakling, a coward, a sluggard, and an ignoramus.
- Like a person sitting in the car park outside the gym, knowing they've got to go in and get exercising, I am perpetually a conversational sluggard.
- I've sat in countless staff meetings where doctors who see fifty patients a day are held up as examples to the rest of us sluggards who see twenty-five to thirty.
- The graffiti-daubing sluggard who, at Oxford University only sixteen years earlier, had spent more time drinking than working had come a very long way.
Synonyms
idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, laggard, slugabed, malingerer

Derivatives

sluggardliness

nounˈslʌɡədlɪnəsˈsləɡərdlinəs

I mention that merely to show that I am not one who supports sluggardliness in court proceedings.
Example sentencesExamples
- How could you apply the remedy suggested by the ant to the one area of sluggardliness you mentioned previously?
- Swimming is a detoxicating pill that purges away the heaviness and weariness in the heart just as it expunges slothfulness and sluggardliness in the body.

sluggardly

adjective ˈslʌɡədliˈsləɡərdli

Slow-moving.
sluggardly pedestrians
Example sentencesExamples
- progress continues at a sluggardly rate
- Meanwhile, progress towards equal numbers of men and women in the House of Commons continues at such a sluggardly rate that it is unlikely to be achieved before the middle of this coming century.
- He was a confirmed loser, the most sluggardly of his Cambridge set.
- It's up to you to draft and sign contracts with manufacturing firms which produce ineffective cannons, imprecise missiles, and sluggardly bullets that travel slower than a crippled sea slug.

Origin

Middle English: from the rare verb slug 'be lazy or slow' + -ard.

Definition of sluggard in US English:

sluggard

nounˈsləɡərdˈsləɡərd

A lazy, sluggish person.
懒怠的人，懒汉
I'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak
Example sentencesExamples
- It's amazing how much guilt I enjoy loading myself with - the guilt of being a sluggard.
- Dujon had not chosen welfare because she was a sluggard or had a baby out of wedlock.
- What a relief not having to carry those three sluggards on my back!
- The American masses are perceived as apathetic sluggards, whose votes would be better exercised by enlightened foreign observers.
- You have no decency in you, you drunken sluggard!
- He planned to write 137 novels in his Comedie Humaine, but - the sluggard!
- When dawn breaks, this nocturnal bird turns into an impossible sluggard.
- Pool is on the agenda, I think, although card is subject to change depending on when the other sluggards can get their asses into gear.
- I've sat in countless staff meetings where doctors who see fifty patients a day are held up as examples to the rest of us sluggards who see twenty-five to thirty.
- If, on the other hand, we say of a boy, ‘He's not going anywhere,’ we are not praising his steadfastness but damning him as an ambitionless sluggard.
- The graffiti-daubing sluggard who, at Oxford University only sixteen years earlier, had spent more time drinking than working had come a very long way.
- Far from being a national icon, Bonaparte is a weakling, a coward, a sluggard, and an ignoramus.
- We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, and the industrious ant, a sluggard.
- Is it the sluggard who refuses to seek work when there is work available?
- This disposes of the last remnant of his reputation and wholly destroys his main usefulness as a moral agent, since it will make the sluggard hesitate to go to him any more.
- Like a person sitting in the car park outside the gym, knowing they've got to go in and get exercising, I am perpetually a conversational sluggard.
- These ants: they always claim to work hard, but in truth they're nothing but lazy idle sluggards!
- We are also enjoined to learn lessons from animals: ‘Go to the ant, you sluggard, see its ways and become wise!’
- That is why, while I often criticize the sluggards and incompetents in government, my admiration for the good guys is boundless.
- Franklin's admonition ‘Up sluggard and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough’ has rung in Hall's ears throughout the transformation.
Synonyms
idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, laggard, slugabed, malingerer

Origin

Middle English: from the rare verb slug ‘be lazy or slow’ + -ard.

单词	sluggard
释义	Definition of sluggard in English: sluggard noun ˈslʌɡədˈsləɡərd A lazy, sluggish person. 懒怠的人，懒汉 I'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak Example sentencesExamples We are also enjoined to learn lessons from animals: ‘Go to the ant, you sluggard, see its ways and become wise!’ This disposes of the last remnant of his reputation and wholly destroys his main usefulness as a moral agent, since it will make the sluggard hesitate to go to him any more. That is why, while I often criticize the sluggards and incompetents in government, my admiration for the good guys is boundless. We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, and the industrious ant, a sluggard. Pool is on the agenda, I think, although card is subject to change depending on when the other sluggards can get their asses into gear. He planned to write 137 novels in his Comedie Humaine, but - the sluggard! What a relief not having to carry those three sluggards on my back! If, on the other hand, we say of a boy, ‘He's not going anywhere,’ we are not praising his steadfastness but damning him as an ambitionless sluggard. The American masses are perceived as apathetic sluggards, whose votes would be better exercised by enlightened foreign observers. Franklin's admonition ‘Up sluggard and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough’ has rung in Hall's ears throughout the transformation. These ants: they always claim to work hard, but in truth they're nothing but lazy idle sluggards! You have no decency in you, you drunken sluggard! It's amazing how much guilt I enjoy loading myself with - the guilt of being a sluggard. Is it the sluggard who refuses to seek work when there is work available? Dujon had not chosen welfare because she was a sluggard or had a baby out of wedlock. When dawn breaks, this nocturnal bird turns into an impossible sluggard. Far from being a national icon, Bonaparte is a weakling, a coward, a sluggard, and an ignoramus. Like a person sitting in the car park outside the gym, knowing they've got to go in and get exercising, I am perpetually a conversational sluggard. I've sat in countless staff meetings where doctors who see fifty patients a day are held up as examples to the rest of us sluggards who see twenty-five to thirty. The graffiti-daubing sluggard who, at Oxford University only sixteen years earlier, had spent more time drinking than working had come a very long way. Synonyms idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, laggard, slugabed, malingerer Derivatives sluggardliness nounˈslʌɡədlɪnəsˈsləɡərdlinəs I mention that merely to show that I am not one who supports sluggardliness in court proceedings. Example sentencesExamples How could you apply the remedy suggested by the ant to the one area of sluggardliness you mentioned previously? Swimming is a detoxicating pill that purges away the heaviness and weariness in the heart just as it expunges slothfulness and sluggardliness in the body. sluggardly adjective ˈslʌɡədliˈsləɡərdli Slow-moving. sluggardly pedestrians Example sentencesExamples progress continues at a sluggardly rate Meanwhile, progress towards equal numbers of men and women in the House of Commons continues at such a sluggardly rate that it is unlikely to be achieved before the middle of this coming century. He was a confirmed loser, the most sluggardly of his Cambridge set. It's up to you to draft and sign contracts with manufacturing firms which produce ineffective cannons, imprecise missiles, and sluggardly bullets that travel slower than a crippled sea slug. Origin Middle English: from the rare verb slug 'be lazy or slow' + -ard. Definition of sluggard in US English: sluggard nounˈsləɡərdˈsləɡərd A lazy, sluggish person. 懒怠的人，懒汉 I'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak Example sentencesExamples It's amazing how much guilt I enjoy loading myself with - the guilt of being a sluggard. Dujon had not chosen welfare because she was a sluggard or had a baby out of wedlock. What a relief not having to carry those three sluggards on my back! The American masses are perceived as apathetic sluggards, whose votes would be better exercised by enlightened foreign observers. You have no decency in you, you drunken sluggard! He planned to write 137 novels in his Comedie Humaine, but - the sluggard! When dawn breaks, this nocturnal bird turns into an impossible sluggard. Pool is on the agenda, I think, although card is subject to change depending on when the other sluggards can get their asses into gear. I've sat in countless staff meetings where doctors who see fifty patients a day are held up as examples to the rest of us sluggards who see twenty-five to thirty. If, on the other hand, we say of a boy, ‘He's not going anywhere,’ we are not praising his steadfastness but damning him as an ambitionless sluggard. The graffiti-daubing sluggard who, at Oxford University only sixteen years earlier, had spent more time drinking than working had come a very long way. Far from being a national icon, Bonaparte is a weakling, a coward, a sluggard, and an ignoramus. We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, and the industrious ant, a sluggard. Is it the sluggard who refuses to seek work when there is work available? This disposes of the last remnant of his reputation and wholly destroys his main usefulness as a moral agent, since it will make the sluggard hesitate to go to him any more. Like a person sitting in the car park outside the gym, knowing they've got to go in and get exercising, I am perpetually a conversational sluggard. These ants: they always claim to work hard, but in truth they're nothing but lazy idle sluggards! We are also enjoined to learn lessons from animals: ‘Go to the ant, you sluggard, see its ways and become wise!’ That is why, while I often criticize the sluggards and incompetents in government, my admiration for the good guys is boundless. Franklin's admonition ‘Up sluggard and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough’ has rung in Hall's ears throughout the transformation. Synonyms idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, laggard, slugabed, malingerer Origin Middle English: from the rare verb slug ‘be lazy or slow’ + -ard.
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