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单词 at loose ends
释义 at loose ends
phrasal
or at a loose end
1. : lacking a settled occupation or regular employment : uncertain of one's future course of action
 < feeling himself at loose ends — no job, no immediate prospects — Dixon Wecter >
 < at a loose end for a time, he had been finally pitchforked into the car business — Robert Westerby >
2. : not knowing what to do with oneself : unsettled
 < all day long he had been at loose ends — Hamilton Basso >
 < being at a loose end that afternoon, he went to a movie >
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