| 单词 | shiftlessness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈshiftlessness ˈshiftlessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > lack of resourcefulness fecklessness1637 shiftlessness1682 helplessness1731 weirdlessness1825 self-helplessness1853 unshiftiness1870 sleevelessness1882 1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 265 The misery and shiftlessness of their condition. 1837 R. W. Emerson Oration before Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 16 In the long period of his [sc. the scholar's] preparation, he must betray often an ignorance and shiftlessness in popular arts. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxii. 608 The larger cities..where recent emigrants, with the shiftlessness of Europe still clinging round them, are huddled together in squalor. < as lemmas |
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