layabout

[美]/'leɪəbaʊt/
[英]/'leəbaʊt/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 无业游民,游手好闲者
词形变化
复数layabouts
第三人称单数layabouts

例句

a wretched idle layabout

讨厌的懒汉

at school I wasn't a swot, but I wasn't a layabout either.

上学的时候我不是个学习特别勤奋的人,但我也不是个懒惰的学生。

He is a lazy layabout who never does any work.

他是一个懒散的游手好闲者,从不做任何工作。

The layabout spent the whole day lounging on the sofa.

那个懒汉整天都在沙发上懒散。

She accused him of being a layabout and not contributing to the household.

她指责他是一个懒汉,不为家庭做出贡献。

The layabout was fired from his job for consistently showing up late.

那个懒汉因为经常迟到而被解雇。

His parents were tired of supporting their layabout son.

他的父母厌倦了养着那个懒汉儿子。

The layabout finally decided to get a job and stop relying on others.

那个懒汉最终决定找份工作,不再依赖他人。

She refused to marry a layabout and wanted a hardworking partner.

她拒绝嫁给一个懒汉,希望找一个勤奋的伴侣。

The community center offers programs to help layabouts get back on their feet.

社区中心提供项目帮助懒汉重新振作。

He was labeled a layabout by his coworkers for always slacking off.

他被同事们称为懒汉,因为总是偷懒。

The layabout's friends tried to motivate him to be more productive.

懒汉的朋友们试图激励他变得更有生产力。

原声例句

I don't suppose those things matter to a bunch of layabout wizards—”

我不认为这些事情对于一群懒惰的巫师来说有任何意义。

来源: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I don’t like these layabouts you’re associating with.

【associate】我不喜欢你结交的这些游手好闲的人。

来源: Langman OCLM-01 words

That sounds like a good thing, certainly compared with the common public image of undergraduates as a bunch of pampered layabouts.

这听起来是一件好事。大学生的普遍公众形象就是一群养尊处优的闲人,这么一比当然不错。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

But it's far from just the students who cycle in Cambridge. So do the school kids, the pensioners and the layabouts.

在剑桥,骑车的不仅仅是学生。上学的小孩,老人和闲来无事的人都骑自行车。

来源: Walking into Cambridge University

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