work-shy

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英 [wə:k ʃai]
美 [wɚk ʃaɪ]
是什么意思
  • adj.

    怕工作的;

  • 英英释义

    work-shy[ 'wə:kʃai ]

    • adj.disinclined to work or exertion

      "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

      同义词:faineantindolentlazyotioseslothful

    学习怎么用

    双语例句

    用作形容词(adj.)
    1. He has a disinclination for work.
      他讨厌工作。
    2. Weary Willie may say that he hates work, and is quite willing to take less.
      一个精力很差的人也许会说自己讨厌工作,宁愿少拿一些。

    权威例句

    Blunt Research Group. The Work-Shy. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2016. 160 pp
    The Work-Shy
    [Kind physicians and work-shy patients again?]
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    Technology: The Web for the Work-Shy
    `Work-Shy' to Lose Benefit If Jobs Are Refused
    [A patient with previous myocardial infarction, now work-shy]
    Football: United We Fail; Work-Shy Losers Wreck Sturrock's Return to Perth; St Johnstone 1 Dundee Utd 0
    'No jobs' mantra suits the work-shy and welfare abuser
    The World Does NOT Owe You a Living .. So GET A JOB; EXCLUSIVE BLUNKETT'S MESSAGE TO 'WORK-SHY'