slothful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sloth·ful /ˈsləʊθfəl $ ˈsloʊθ-/ adjective formal LAZYlazy or not active 懒惰的，懒散的，不活跃的 SYN idle —slothfulness noun [uncountable]
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slothful• Fatigue had made him slothful, and now he'd let his enemies get dangerously close.sloth·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
lazy or active Corpus not
slothful
sloth‧ful /ˈsləʊθfəl $ ˈsloʊθ-/
adjective formal
lazy or not active
SYN idle
—slothfulness noun [uncountable]
▪ lazy not liking work or physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything: a lazy student | You make your own breakfast! Don't be so lazy!
▪idle lazy and not doing enough work. Idle sounds rather formal and is becoming old-fashioned. In everyday English, people usually use lazy: The beggars were too idle to look for work. | Her son was bone idle (=extremely lazy).
▪indolent formal lazy and living a comfortable life: He spent an indolent first year at Oxford. | the indolent son of a wealthy landowner
▪shiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life: her shiftless husband
▪work-shy British English lazy and trying to avoid any work: He was work-shy, and no one could remember when he’d last held a job.
▪slothful formal lazy and not liking physical activity: Her advice to slothful Americans is: ‘Get out there and walk!’
sloth‧ful /ˈsləʊθfəl $ ˈsloʊθ-/
adjective formallazy or not active
SYN idle
—slothfulness noun [uncountable]
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