单词 | nonworker |
释义 | nonworker (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY nonworker: nonworkers+/co-worker: co-workers/overwork: overworked, overworking, overworks/rework: reworked, reworking, reworks/unworkable: unworkably/work: overwork, rework, workable, worked, worker, working, works/workable: unworkable, workably/worker: co-worker, nonworker, workers/working: workings/works: workss USAGE EXAMPLESThe gender difference is also visible in the way nonworkers spend their days. New York Times(Dec 15, 2014) About 20 percent of the new nonworkers say they are disabled, a category whose numbers have risen particularly for workers above age 50. New York Times(Dec 11, 2014) The other group of government-supported nonworkers the Tea Party fears is illegal immigrants. New York Times(Jul 07, 2011) n a person who does nothing Ant|Hypo|Hyper worker a person who works at a specific occupation deadhead a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loaferperson who does no work retired person, retireesomeone who has retired from active working strikeran employee on strike against an employer unemployed personsomeone who is jobless vacationer, vacationistsomeone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work campersomeone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation clock watchera worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time couch potatoan idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television) dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mopesomeone who wastes time dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailersomeone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind daydreamer, woolgatherersomeone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming emeritusa professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-accountan idle worthless person hunger marcheran unemployed person who participates in a hunger march lazybonesa lazy person lie-abed, slugabeda person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour loona worthless lazy fellow shirker, slackera person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) slug, sluggardan idle slothful person spiva person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time sport, summercater(Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine summercaters(Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine sunbathersomeone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan triflerone who behaves lightly or not seriously weekendersomeone who vacations on a weekend whittlersomeone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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