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单词 skiver
释义
skiveskive /skaɪv/ (also skive off) verb [intransitive] British English informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINskive
Origin:
1900-2000 Perhaps from French esquiver ‘to get away secretly’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
skive
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyskive
he, she, itskives
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyskived
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave skived
he, she, ithas skived
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad skived
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill skive
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have skived
Continuous Form
PresentIam skiving
he, she, itis skiving
you, we, theyare skiving
PastI, he, she, itwas skiving
you, we, theywere skiving
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been skiving
he, she, ithas been skiving
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been skiving
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be skiving
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been skiving
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Harry's going to get into trouble if he keeps skiving off on Friday afternoons.
  • She says she's been ill for the past week, but I think she's just skiving.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Barry had most likely told her he was skiving.
  • There is no way that I could skive a session, even if I wanted to, wearing my yellow and tartan suit!
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto deliberately not go to school, work etc
British informal to deliberately not go to school, work etc, when you should be there: · He says that he was so ill he had to be sent home from school. I bet he's skiving.· Have you been skiving off again? You'll get caught one of these days.· We were bunking off one day, and playing down by the canal.
British /play hooky American if a child plays truant or plays hooky from school, they deliberately stay away from school without their parent's permission: · Billy was caught playing truant and has been given extra homework for a month.· He'd played hooky again and ridden the train out to Brooklyn.
especially American, informal if a student cuts classes, school etc, they deliberately do not go to the classes that they should go to: · Kids cut class and ran down the street to watch the fire.
a lazy person
spoken informal a lazy person - use this especially when talking to someone that you like: · Hey, lazybones, how long are you planning on staying in bed?
informal someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television: · "I was a complete couch potato," Lewis said, "I didn't even like walking to the store."· Mitchell is a self-described "couch potato".
British informal a lazy person who avoids work or responsibility: · How did you get mixed up with that layabout?· a bunch of hopeless layabouts
British informal someone who is lazy and does not go to school, work etc: · I always thought Clive was a bit of a skiver.
to not work hard enough
to not do as much work as other people, when you are working in a group or team: · If you think that Alan isn't pulling his weight, you must tell him either to improve or leave.· Of all the people sharing the house with us, only Lizzie didn't pull her weight.
British informal to not do the work that you should be doing, or to be away from your place of work without a good reason: · She says she's been ill for the past week, but I think she's just skiving.skive off (=not be at your place of work): · Harry's going to get into trouble if he keeps skiving off on Friday afternoons.
American informal to not work when you are supposed to be working: · Hey you two! Quit goofing off and do some work!goof off on the job: · Anyone who does consistently good work doesn't need to worry about occasionally goofing off on the job.
British informal to do no work at all: · The telephone's been ringing and I haven't managed to do a stroke of work yet today.· Duncan found a wealthy woman, married her, and he's never done a stroke of work since!
British informal to deliberately do less work than you should: · She called me into her office and accused me of slacking and taking too many holidays!no slacking (=use this to tell someone to work as hard as possible): · "You start tomorrow at nine," he told them, "and no slacking, or there'll be trouble."
formal to avoid going to work by pretending to be ill: · I'm sure he's not malingering. He looked awful when I saw him last night.· The report claimed that women may be more likely to malinger than men.
to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving without permissionplay truantskiver noun [countable]
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