| 词汇 | slothful |
| 释义 | slothful adjective literaryuk /ˈslɒθ.fəl/uk /ˈsləʊθ.fəl/ us /ˈslɔːθ.fəl/ lazy: 懒惰的，懒散的 slothful adolescents懒散的青少年 Synonyms indolentliterary lazydisapproving work-shyUKdisapproving not willing to work or use effort lazyHe's one of the laziest people I've ever met. indolentSome of my classmates are indolent in their health habits. slothfulTelevision and video games have bred a generation of slothful teens. work-shyUKI don't want your work-shy cousin living with us indefinitely! idleUKHe's an able student, just idle. Laziness and lazy people bludger bone idleidiom bum around CBA clock-watcher deadbeat indolent indolently layabout lazily laziness lie shiftless shirker skiver slacker slackness unambitious vegetable work-shy Examples of slothfulslothful For all of his capacities as a craftsman of judicial opinions, he was a clumsy and slothful speechwriter. The anti-landlord camp gave priority to tenurial relations and the problem of slothful landlords. The melancholic is inherently suspicious, as is the slothful when trying constantly to hide his laziness. Otherwise, charity would create an underclass of the slothful poor, which would invalidate the original charitable intent. Similarly, the slothful cannot stay in one place for more than an hour and roams unaware of his whereabouts. Avicenna provides him with a framework to diagnose the slothful. People had recognized for some time that "irregular diet, violent passions, and slothful habits" could put "dangerous exorbitances" onto the heart, which would affect its pulse rate. Cushions are usually reserved for the slothful couch-potato or for the brittle and unathletic and sometimes for those falling from a great height. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It helps the slothful and inert companies and does nothing for those trying to become more efficient through capital investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because industry, so far from being wrong and wicked, tends rather more to be slothful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not condemn a company in that position as a slothful company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I deprecate this potion that the permanent officials are the only people who are sluggish and slothful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It strikes me as being a body which is at the same time cowardly, slothful and regressive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are giving carte blanche to the more incompetent parts of the public sector to continue in their bad and slothful ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In regard to uniforms, there has been a most niggardly and slothful method of doing things. 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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