| 词汇 | busywork |
| 释义 | busywork noun[ U ] uk /ˈbɪz.i.wɜːk/ us /ˈbɪz.i.wɜː˞k/ work that you are given or give yourself mainly so that you have something to do, rather than because it is really necessary: 消磨时间的工作 They were given a task but no resources, and they perceived the assignment as busywork. 给他们分配了一项任务，但并没有配套资源，他们觉得这不过是让他们不至于闲着没活儿干。 We were just making busywork to try and keep our minds off things.我们随便找了些事情做，让脑子不去想那些事情。 While he waited, he organized his files. The busywork helped take his mind off the terrible events of the past few days. The big automakers are reluctant to lay off engineers during downturns and tend to give them busywork. Students say that the program allows for too many open-ended questions on exams and that many assignments amount to busywork. Some of the policy procedures are seen as busywork and cause resentment among the staff. Delaying and wasting time ado buy timeidiom carry something over dally dawdle gridlock inefficiency inefficiently kept kick kick something into the long grassidiom push retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve sit sit on something spin stall You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Types of employment Examples of busyworkbusywork There is nothing here like the inlaid busywork of layered and suspended voice-leading found in the accompaniment to my first three examples. They perceived the assignment as busywork. 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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