1not liking work and physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything: the laziest boy in the class He felt too lazy to get out of bed.2a lazy period of time is spent doing nothing except relaxingOPP busy: We spent lazy days relaxing on the beach.—lazily adverb—laziness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSlazy 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 landownershiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life: · her shiftless husbandwork-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!’
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laziness
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懒惰(100%)
n.怠惰;无精打采
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