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单词 slothful
释义
slothful
adjective
literary
uk
/ˈsləʊθ.fəl/us
/ˈslɔːθ.fəl/
lazy:
懒惰的，懒散的
slothfuladolescents懒散的青少年
Synonyms
indolentliterary
lazydisapproving
work-shyUKdisapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not willing to work or use effort
  • lazyHe's one of the laziest people I've ever met.
  • indolentSome of my classmates are indolent in their health habits.
  • slothfulTelevision and video games have bred a generation of slothful teens.
  • work-shyUKI don't want your work-shy cousin living with us indefinitely!
  • idleUKHe's an able student, just idle.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Laziness and lazy people
  • bludger
  • bone idleidiom
  • bum around
  • CBA
  • clock-watcher
  • indolent
  • indolently
  • layabout
  • lazily
  • laziness
  • lie
  • phone in
  • shiftless
  • shirker
  • skiver
  • slacker
  • time-serving
  • unambitious
  • vegetable
  • work-shy
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(Definition ofslothfulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslothful

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For all of his capacities as a craftsman of judicial opinions, he was a clumsy andslothfulspeechwriter.
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The anti-landlord camp gave priority to tenurial relations and the problem ofslothfullandlords.
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The melancholic is inherently suspicious, as is theslothfulwhen trying constantly to hide his laziness.
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Otherwise, charity would create an underclass of theslothfulpoor, which would invalidate the original charitable intent.
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Similarly, theslothfulcannot stay in one place for more than an hour and roams unaware of his whereabouts.
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Avicenna provides him with a framework to diagnose theslothful.
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People had recognized for some time that "irregular diet, violent passions, andslothfulhabits" could put "dangerous exorbitances" onto the heart, which would affect its pulse rate.
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Cushions are usually reserved for theslothfulcouch-potato or for the brittle and unathletic and sometimes for those falling from a great height.
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It helps theslothfuland inert companies and does nothing for those trying to become more efficient through capital investment.
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It is because industry, so far from being wrong and wicked, tends rather more to beslothful.
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I would not condemn a company in that position as aslothfulcompany.
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I deprecate this potion that the permanent officials are the only people who are sluggish andslothful.
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It strikes me as being a body which is at the same time cowardly,slothfuland regressive.
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They are givingcarte blancheto the more incompetent parts of the public sector to continue in their bad andslothfulways.
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In regard to uniforms, there has been a most niggardly andslothfulmethod of doing things.
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