time-serving
adjective
UKdisapprovinguk/ˈtaɪmˌsɜː.vɪŋ/us/ˈtaɪmˌsɝː.vɪŋ/notworkingvery hard atyourjob, because you are justwaitinguntil youreachtheageat which you canstopwork:
得过且过的，当一天和尚撞一天钟的He's a time-servingdronewhoworksfor America'sInternalRevenueService.他是个得过且过的懒汉，在美国国税局工作。
These time-servingworkersare notdeliveringimprovedstandards.这些得过且过的工人表现并没有什么提高。
changingyourideasandopinionsinorderto make them more like those that areheldbypeopleinpower,especiallybecause youbelieveit will be toyouradvantage:
曲意逢迎的；趋炎附势的time-servingpoliticians趋炎附势的政客
He is acorrupt, time-servingcareerman.他是一个腐败的、曲意逢迎的职场中人。
See
time-server
- Criticstendtofocuson the time-servingnatureof much of theworkhere.
- She was anambitiousintriguer, andpursueda time-servingpolicy.
- time-serving, vote-chasing,careerpoliticians
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-server
- unambitious
- vegetable
- work-shy
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Changing your mind