work-shy

英 [ˈwɜːk ʃaɪ]

美 [ˈwɜːrk ʃaɪ]

adj.  不愿工作的; 怕干活的; 懒惰的

牛津词典

adj.

• 不愿工作的；怕干活的；懒惰的
  unwilling to work

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 懒惰的;不愿工作的
  If you describe someone aswork-shy, you disapprove of them because you think they are lazy and do not want to work.
  1. He is a morose, work-shy layabout.
     他是个整天垂头丧气、游手好闲的人。

英英释义

adj

• disinclined to work or exertion
  1. faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
  2. an indolent hanger-on
  3. too lazy to wash the dishes
  4. shiftless idle youth
  5. slothful employees
  6. the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
  Synonym:faineantindolentlazyotioseslothful

双语例句

• These people are often labeled as` work-shy '.
  这些人常被归入`怕工作'的一类。
• He is a morose, work-shy layabout.
  他是个整天垂头丧气、游手好闲的人。
• Today's youth may be web-savvy, but they also stand accused of being unread, bad at communicating, socially inept, shameless, dishonest, work-shy, narcissistic and indifferent to the needs of others.
  现在的年轻人也许都熟悉网络，但是他们也要承担诸多指责，比如说无知，不善于沟通，社交能力低，脸皮厚，言而无信，工作懈怠，自我感觉良好以及对他人的需求漠不关心这些。
• But for those on the other side of what became a national debate, Frank, 37, came to embody the work-shy who abuse Germany's welfare state.
  但在右翼人士眼中，现年37岁的弗兰克已经成为了那些肆意享用德国优厚的社会福利待遇从而懒于工作的人的典型代表。
• He's not ill; he's just work-shy!
  他没病，他只是想偷懒！
• For some, an out-of-office reply is seen as a tool of the work-shy.
  在一些人看来，不在办公室（out-of-office）的回复被视为逃避工作的一种手段。
• And it's their personality that seems to bring classical and metal fans together, both at ease with themselves and introverted, although metalheads do tend to be work-shy as well.
  是性格把古典音乐迷和重金属音乐迷联系到一起的，他们都比较喜欢一个人独处，比较内向，虽然热爱金属音乐的人在工作中也比较害羞。
• In fact studies suggest that the problem with French employees is less that they are work-shy, than that they are poorly managed.
  事实上，研究表明法国人的工作问题更多地出在糟糕管理上而非职工本身怠工。