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featherbed sb/sth
及物动词，后接被安排多余人员的对象。
The factory featherbedded the production line with extra staff.
工厂在生产线上安排了多余人员。
溺爱；娇惯；纵容
featherbeds — third person singular of featherbed
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溺爱；娇惯；纵容
to treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper or cosset
The factory featherbedded the production line with extra staff.
工厂在生产线上安排了多余人员。
过度纵容；娇惯
To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
从事冗员现象；雇用多余工人
To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
featherbed
Base
原形
featherbeds
3rd person
第三人称单数
featherbedding
-ing
现在分词
featherbedded
Past
过去式
featherbedded
Past participle
过去分词
The company featherbeds its employees.
这家公司雇用多余员工。
They featherbedded the department last year.
他们去年在那个部门安排了闲职。
The management has featherbedded the project with unnecessary staff.
管理层已经在这个项目上配备了多余人员。
featherbed 的过去式和过去分词需双写 d。
The company used to featherbed certain positions, but now it is cutting staff.
公司过去常常在某些职位上雇用多余人员，但现在正在裁员。
Critics accused the government of featherbedding state-owned enterprises, wasting taxpayer money.
批评者指责政府通过向国有企业安插闲职来浪费纳税人的钱。
The union demanded that the company not featherbed workers during the economic hardship.
工会要求公司在经济困难时期不要雇用多余员工。
及物动词，后接被安排多余人员的对象。
The factory featherbedded the production line with extra staff.
工厂在生产线上安排了多余人员。
不及物动词，表示采取‘安插冗员’的做法。
Some industries featherbed to preserve jobs.
一些行业雇用多余人员以保住工作岗位。
被动语态，表示被给予闲职。
He was featherbedded in a cushy position.
他被安排到一个闲职。
Not this
The company featherbeded the department.
Use this
The company featherbedded the department.
过去式拼写错误。featherbed的过去式是featherbedded，需要双写d再加ed，而不是只加一个d。
Not this
They featherbedded with extra workers.
Use this
They featherbedded the project with extra workers.
介词误用。featherbed作为动词时是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词with。正确用法是'featherbed + 宾语'。
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