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layabout

美 [ˈleɪəbaʊt]英 [ˈleɪəbaʊt]
  • n.懒汉;游手好闲的人;二流子

复数: layabouts

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noun

old-fashioned BrE informal游手好闲的人;懒汉;二流子
a lazy person who does not do much work

layabout

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    N-COUNT 游手好闲之徒;好逸恶劳之辈
    If you say that someone is a layabout, you disapprove of them because they do not work and you think they are lazy.

    The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.

    原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性,游手好闲,其证词一下子就被推翻了。

noun

1
person who does no work
a lazy bum
Synonym: idler loafer do-nothing bum

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  1. He is a morose , work-shy layabout .

    他是个整天垂头丧气、游手好闲的人。

  2. Her boyfriend is a good-for-nothing layabout .

    她的男友是一个一无是处的懒汉。

  3. The plaintiff 's sole witness , a gambler and layabout , was easily discredited .

    原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性,游手好闲,其证词一下子就被推翻了。

  4. He is a wretched idle layabout never done a day 's work in his life .

    他是一个讨厌的懒汉一辈子没干过一天活。

  5. The question of how to deal with the growing number of retired people has recently been seen as chiefly a financial puzzle : how to pay for the leisure of those ageing layabouts .

    如何处理不断增加的退休人员现在已成为首要财政难题:如何为那些年长的慵懒人提供休闲。

  6. They 're all good-for-nothing layabouts .

    他们全是些没用的游手好闲之徒。