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good-for-nothing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌgood-for-ˈnothing adjective  LAZYa good-for-nothing person is lazy and useless 〔人〕懒散无用的,一无是处的 an idle good-for-nothing drunk 一个懒惰、没用的酒鬼good-for-nothing noun [countable] Ian’s a stupid good-for-nothing. 伊恩是个一无是处的饭桶。
Examples from the Corpus
good-for-nothingLeopold believed the entire Weber family to be good-for-nothing.More than that, it had served to prove yet again that Sweetheart was quite justified in calling him worthless and good-for-nothing.Most of them are idle, work-shy, good-for-nothing.
person and good-for-nothing lazy a Corpus is useless


good-for-nothing
ˌgood-for-ˈnothing adjective
a good-for-nothing person is lazy and useless:
    an idle good-for-nothing drunk
—ˈgood-for-nothing noun [countable]:
    Ian’s a stupid good-for-nothing.


good-for-nothingBrE /ˈɡʊd fə nʌθɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡʊd fər nʌθɪŋ/ 🔊 noun (informal) a person who is lazy and has no skills 懒人;无用之人an idle good-for-nothing游手好闲的懒虫 good-for-nothing adjective [usually before noun] Where's that good-for-nothing son of yours? 你那没出息的儿子在哪儿?🔊🔊