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Lazy Describe Lazily Work Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Effort   [Adj

英语单词 lazy
英美音标 英 ['leɪzi] 美 ['leɪzi]
中文释义 adj.懒惰的;懒散的
英语例句 (1) Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.
(2) He is so lazy; he could do with a good kick up the rear.
(3) The lazy girl is dreaming of marrying a millionaire and therefore won't do any work.
(4) It was a lazy, breezy summer afternoon.
中文例句 (1) 她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱。
(2) 他这个人太懒惰,真想在他屁股上踢一脚。
(3) 这个懒惰的女孩正梦想着嫁给一个有钱人,从此不再工作。
(4) 这是一个懒散的,起风的夏日下午。
vocabulary简明 While lazy actually means being averse to work or avoiding it, it can also be used to describe something slow-moving or unenergetic, like when you stroll down the garden path with a lazy gait, not in a hurry to get anywhere.
vocabulary扩展 The adjective lazy is thought to come from the Low German lasich, meaning "idle or languid." You were offended at being called lazy, but you just didn't have the energy to defend yourself. After all, who doesn't enjoy a lazy Sunday afternoon? Former President of Poland Lech Walesa once considered the benefits of being lazy when he said, “It's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]懒惰的;懒散的 If someone is lazy, they do not want to work or make any effort to do anything.
  • Lazy and incompetent police officers are letting the public down...

    懒惰兼无能的警官令公众失望。

  • I was too lazy to learn how to read music.

    我太懒,没有学识谱。

laziness
  • Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.

    现行雇佣法要变,要奖勤罚懒。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人精神松弛的;令人懒洋洋的 You can use lazy to describe an activity or event in which you are very relaxed and which you do or take part in without making much effort.
  [ADJ n]
  • Her latest novel is perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon reading...

    在慵懒的夏日午后阅读她的最新小说最合适不过了。

  • We would have a lazy lunch and then lie on the beach in the sun.

    我们会慵懒地吃顿午饭,然后躺在沙滩上晒太阳。

lazily
  • Liz went back into the kitchen, stretching lazily.

    莉兹伸着懒腰返回厨房。

3
[ADJ 形容词]徐徐的;缓缓的 If you describe something as lazy, you mean that it moves or flows slowly and gently.
  [ADJ n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • ...a valley of rolling farms spread out along a lazy river.

    山谷里的农田起伏绵延,旁边一条溪水缓缓而过

  • ...the lazy, loose grace of the born athlete.

    这位天生的运动员悠然放松的优雅姿态

lazily
  • The Salzach river threaded its way lazily between the old city and the new.

    萨尔察赫河在新城与旧城之间缓缓流过。

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