| 词汇 | feckless |
| 释义 | feckless adjective formaluk /ˈfek.ləs/ us /ˈfek.ləs/ weak in character and lacking determination: 无气力的;无精打采的 He was portrayed as a feckless drunk.他被描述成一个蔫头耷脑的醉汉。 Lacking interest and enthusiasm apathetic apathy aridity blah blankly half-heartedly hell incurious incuriously nonchalant nonchalantly nonconcern passionless politely unmotivated unromantically unserious unseriousness vacant your heart isn't in itidiom Examples of fecklessfeckless Sadly, these expectations were not always realised - many married feckless men and ended up bringing up children on their own. Children are at once portrayed as wilful 'tearaways' that terrorise teachers, communities and each other and as the innocent 'victims' of 'feckless', irresponsible parents. These are, respectively, feckless pluralism, and dominant power politics. However, this is not because they are improvident or feckless. At the same time, this individualisation of actions and morality enabled the 'feckless poor' to be blamed for their situation, in a way still politically familiar to us today. But not all fathers are so feckless. Those at the bottom of the heap - the feckless, the incompetent, the eccentric and the shady - threatened their neighbours' enterprises and undermined the public image of white settler progress. Although cunningly couched in euphemisms and evasions, the concept of the 'feckless and fertile' continues to be a central premise in family planning and population studies. In addition to the fraudulent they must, of course, meet the feckless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The board provides advice for the parents, who may be feckless, drunks or just incompetent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many parents are feckless, but to what extent should the state step into that gap? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a clear case of the reckless taking the feckless for a ride. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am happy to give way to useful interventions—but what a feckless, useless and unnecessary intervention! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With respect, that is an unnecessarily feckless approach to the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I repeat that my constituent is not a feckless person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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