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单词 shiftless
释义 shift·less
\ˈshiftlə̇s, in rapid speech -fl-\ adjective
1.
 a. : lacking in ability or resourcefulness : inefficient
  < is not being backward or shiftless when he clears a patch, burns the trees, cultivates it for a few years, and then abandons the area — W.H.Camp >
 b. : lacking in ambition or incentive : idle, lazy
  < caused many who were once proud, industrious, property-owning people to become indifferent, shiftless, languid and sickly — A.C.Chandler >
2. : marked by lack of ambition, energy, or purpose
 < living there in a shiftless way, without any serious purpose — Ellen Glasgow >
 < flabby, shiftless writing — Whitney Balliett >
shift·less·ly adverb
shift·less·ness noun -es
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