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Definition of do-nothing in English: do-nothingadjective ˈduːnʌθɪŋ informal Taking no action; doing nothing. 不采取行动的；不作为的 a weak, divided, do-nothing government 一个软弱、分裂和无所作为的政府。 Example sentencesExamples - She cuckolded her do-nothing spouse in front of his face and with long, tedious rationalizations with which she forced him to agree.
- Staying with only the radio is the perfectly cheap, do-nothing solution, which is always a plus.
- The peace movement needs to advocate a peace plan, demand hearings and debate from Congress, and hold do-nothing politicians accountable.
- The 30-second message opens with a sea of ‘chattering teeth’ toys, while a voice-over derided the other candidates as do-nothing talkers.
- The do-nothing option is inappropriate for the contractors, and failure to follow the rules would affect the deployment commander.
- Options reward the bright and dim alike; they enrich do-nothing executives who preside over companies during bubbles and booms, when every stock rises.
- Harassing everyone evenly so that you can harass individuals without complaint wastes security resources, and it provides political cover for do-nothing bureaucrats to give the appearance of doing something.
- Also, he was named a senior advisor to his successor - a make-work, do-nothing job that will pay him $1.1 million a year.
- The rap against him is that he gets annoyed with do-nothing bureaucrats.
- And this isn't some little do-nothing product, either.
- That is why he has been an indifferent, do-nothing leader.
- We know that he's been a do-nothing Senator eaten up with ambition for higher office since day one of his term.
- The questions he would put to monarchs and their do-nothing aristocrats were quite simple: of what utility are they?
- It was considered a real do-nothing kind of job, writing about chicken suppers and maybe a cute profile about an ice-skating nun.
- This is hardly the portrait of a do-nothing presidency.
- Add enough bulk for genuine insulation, and you stumble around with flipper hands like those do-nothing tourists who get dropped at the South Pole for hero photos.
- Its new strategy will leave the province stuck squarely in do-nothing mode.
- It's about half do-nothing stuff and about half small changes to different grant programs.
- I was tempted to make 2004 another do-nothing year.
- The do-nothing Senate still hasn't passed the necessary appropriations bills for this fiscal year.
noun ˈduːnʌθɪŋ informal An idle or feckless person. 懒汉；无所事事的人 a shiftless lot of do-nothings 一帮无所作为的废物。 Example sentencesExamples - When you're gauging how guilty this pleasure truly makes you feel, consider first the fact that a filmmaker who lived among cinema's most inspiring insurgents opted to remind us of the do-nothings and left the revolution out in the street.
- On my own desktop, I run weather applications, clocks, graphical do-nothings, power monitors, moon, sun and space weather monitors - all these in addition to classic system resource monitors.
- Those miscreant do-nothings who are simply leeches on the rest of us.
- So what distinguishes the demonstrators from the do-nothings?
- It wouldn't make sense for a do-nothing to come up with the idea.
- What would a dashing headmaster want with a worthless do-nothing when he has an academic prodigy like me?
- Unknowns continued to salt the slug of professional complacency, sparking bidding wars and pushing the do-nothings off the pages and into desk jobs.
- The assets - too many to list - are being drowned in the hyperbolic ink that is spilled by the naysayers and the do-nothings.
- They're passive, immobile herd animals, perfect symbols for Fellini's five protagonists - listless do-nothings who can't find the momentum to make a go at life.
- His former reluctance to pursue a military solution gave him street cred with the world's do-nothings.
- Consider the $900 million lawns category: almost 30% of homeowners are do-nothings!
- He was a famous do-nothing during the two years his party controlled Congress.
Synonyms idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, sluggard, laggard, slugabed, malingerer
Definition of do-nothing in US English: do-nothingadjective Idle or lacking ambition. a weak, divided, do-nothing government 一个软弱、分裂和无所作为的政府。 Example sentencesExamples - We know that he's been a do-nothing Senator eaten up with ambition for higher office since day one of his term.
- The do-nothing option is inappropriate for the contractors, and failure to follow the rules would affect the deployment commander.
- The 30-second message opens with a sea of ‘chattering teeth’ toys, while a voice-over derided the other candidates as do-nothing talkers.
- She cuckolded her do-nothing spouse in front of his face and with long, tedious rationalizations with which she forced him to agree.
- Staying with only the radio is the perfectly cheap, do-nothing solution, which is always a plus.
- Options reward the bright and dim alike; they enrich do-nothing executives who preside over companies during bubbles and booms, when every stock rises.
- That is why he has been an indifferent, do-nothing leader.
- Harassing everyone evenly so that you can harass individuals without complaint wastes security resources, and it provides political cover for do-nothing bureaucrats to give the appearance of doing something.
- This is hardly the portrait of a do-nothing presidency.
- Also, he was named a senior advisor to his successor - a make-work, do-nothing job that will pay him $1.1 million a year.
- The questions he would put to monarchs and their do-nothing aristocrats were quite simple: of what utility are they?
- It's about half do-nothing stuff and about half small changes to different grant programs.
- Add enough bulk for genuine insulation, and you stumble around with flipper hands like those do-nothing tourists who get dropped at the South Pole for hero photos.
- Its new strategy will leave the province stuck squarely in do-nothing mode.
- And this isn't some little do-nothing product, either.
- The do-nothing Senate still hasn't passed the necessary appropriations bills for this fiscal year.
- The rap against him is that he gets annoyed with do-nothing bureaucrats.
- It was considered a real do-nothing kind of job, writing about chicken suppers and maybe a cute profile about an ice-skating nun.
- I was tempted to make 2004 another do-nothing year.
- The peace movement needs to advocate a peace plan, demand hearings and debate from Congress, and hold do-nothing politicians accountable.
noun A person who is idle or lacks ambition. a shiftless lot of do-nothings 一帮无所作为的废物。 Example sentencesExamples - What would a dashing headmaster want with a worthless do-nothing when he has an academic prodigy like me?
- When you're gauging how guilty this pleasure truly makes you feel, consider first the fact that a filmmaker who lived among cinema's most inspiring insurgents opted to remind us of the do-nothings and left the revolution out in the street.
- So what distinguishes the demonstrators from the do-nothings?
- They're passive, immobile herd animals, perfect symbols for Fellini's five protagonists - listless do-nothings who can't find the momentum to make a go at life.
- Those miscreant do-nothings who are simply leeches on the rest of us.
- He was a famous do-nothing during the two years his party controlled Congress.
- His former reluctance to pursue a military solution gave him street cred with the world's do-nothings.
- The assets - too many to list - are being drowned in the hyperbolic ink that is spilled by the naysayers and the do-nothings.
- Consider the $900 million lawns category: almost 30% of homeowners are do-nothings!
- Unknowns continued to salt the slug of professional complacency, sparking bidding wars and pushing the do-nothings off the pages and into desk jobs.
- It wouldn't make sense for a do-nothing to come up with the idea.
- On my own desktop, I run weather applications, clocks, graphical do-nothings, power monitors, moon, sun and space weather monitors - all these in addition to classic system resource monitors.
Synonyms idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, sluggard, laggard, slugabed, malingerer
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