| 词汇 | skive |
| 释义 | skive verb[ I or T ] UKinformaluk /skaɪv/ us /skaɪv/ to be absent from work or school without permission: 旷工；逃学，旷课 Tom and Mike have skived (off) school today to watch the match.汤姆和迈克今天逃学去看球赛了。 Time off absenteeism administrative leave Boxing Day career break comp time escape gardening leave hartal holiday hols legal holiday maternity leave non-work parental leave shore leave sick sick day sick leave sickie take something off You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not going to school skive | Business Englishskive verb[ I ] WORKPLACE UKinformaluk /skaɪv/us(alsoskive off) to do something else when you should be working: We realized that we could skive without the management noticing. He was always skiving off and going to the cinema. skivernoun[ C ] My boss assumed that all of the staff were skivers. skivingnoun[ U ] Holding meetings outside the office is just an excuse for skiving. Phrasal verbskive off sth Examples of skiveskive We should work conscientiously and hard, refusing to connive at those who fiddle, slack and skive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They even skived off exams at the end and just dropped out of the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Young people do not refuse to go on these training schemes because they want to skive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1995–96, despite the fact that registered unemployment has fallen, 267,000 unemployed people are skiving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These people are not skiving or using the system; they are desperately in need. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cut in benefit will not flush skiving carpenters out of the woodwork where they have supposedly lived in such comfort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He also co-patented machines designed to manufacture barbed-wire fencing, skive, gage and mark leather, create leather buttonholes, rub type, and remove bristles from sealskins. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Skive-burnishing is often used in hydraulic cylinder applications. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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