"wanting in resources or energy and ability to shift for oneself," 1580s, from shift (n.1) in the sense "resources" + -less. Related: Shiftlessly; shiftlessness.
实用例句
1. He lives in a shiftless way.
他过着得过且过的日子。
来自辞典例句
2. That was little more than the shiftless Slatterys raised.
这个产量跟好吃懒做的斯莱特里家比也好不了多少.
来自飘(部分)
3. Such shiftless management, such waste, such confusion, I never saw.
这样无能的管理方法, 这种浪费, 这种混乱现象, 我从来没有见过.
来自辞典例句
4. The other has been lazy and shiftless.
另一个懒惰成性,碌碌无为.
来自辞典例句
5. She said with a very emphatic pronunciation'shiftless ".