英语词汇“faineant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

adj

WORD FAMILY

faineant: faineance

USAGE EXAMPLES

Accomplished antiquarians and “commissioners” assisted him in his labours; but he was no roi fainéant on the editorial sofa which he so complacently describes.

Ward, Adolphus William, Sir, Dickens—English Men of Letters(2011)

The Invisible King is not, after all, a roi fainéant.

Archer, William, God and Mr. Wells—A Critical Examin...(2010)

The lord no doubt was a fool, and filled the most foolish place in the world,—that of a silly fainéant earl.

Trollope, Anthony, The Landleaguers(2010)

adj disinclined to work or exertion

faineant kings under whose rule the country languished

Syn

indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
idle

not in action or at work

单词	faineant
释义	faineant (once / 140707 pages) adj WORD FAMILY faineant: faineance USAGE EXAMPLES Accomplished antiquarians and “commissioners” assisted him in his labours; but he was no roi fainéant on the editorial sofa which he so complacently describes. Ward, Adolphus William, Sir, Dickens—English Men of Letters(2011) The Invisible King is not, after all, a roi fainéant. Archer, William, God and Mr. Wells—A Critical Examin...(2010) The lord no doubt was a fool, and filled the most foolish place in the world,—that of a silly fainéant earl. Trollope, Anthony, The Landleaguers(2010) adj disinclined to work or exertion faineant kings under whose rule the country languished Syn indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy idle not in action or at work
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