be a layabout
layabout 是可数名词，单数形式前通常需要限定词，如 a。
He is a layabout who never looks for work.
他是个从不找工作的游手好闲者。
游手好闲者；懒人
不工作的人；懒汉
a person who does no work; an idler
不工作的人
person who does no work
He's such a layabout; he never helps with housework.
他真是个懒汉，从不帮忙做家务。
用法提示：layabout 作名词，指懒惰、不干活的人。
The park is full of layabouts sleeping on benches.
公园里满是躺在长椅上睡觉的懒汉。
用法提示：layabout 复数形式 layabouts，指游手好闲的一群人。
Don't be a layabout; get a job.
别当懒汉了，找份工作吧。
用法提示：layabout 作名词，用于劝告不要懒惰。
layabout 是可数名词，单数形式前通常需要限定词，如 a。
He is a layabout who never looks for work.
他是个从不找工作的游手好闲者。
在 call sb sth 结构中，layabout 作宾语补足语，前面通常加 a。
She called him a layabout because he slept until noon.
她因为他睡到中午而叫他懒汉。
复数形式为 layabouts；表示“一群”时常用 a group of 等量词短语。
A group of layabouts were sitting outside the shop.
一群游手好闲的人坐在商店外面。
grammar · medium
易错句子My cousin is layabout and never looks for a job.
正确表达My cousin is a layabout and never looks for a job.
layabout 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词或其他限定词。汉语说“我表哥是懒人”，名词可以直接作表语而不加冠词；英语则不能在单数可数名词前留空，需加 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子He layabouts at home all day.
正确表达He is a layabout who stays at home all day.
layabout 只作名词，不能作谓语动词。汉语里“他整天在家游手好闲”用形容词或短语直接作谓语，学习者容易把 layabout 当动词加 -s 使用；表示这个动作应说 laze about 或 lie about，或把 layabout 放回名词位置。
grammar · medium
易错句子Don't be so layabout—go and find a job.
正确表达Don't be such a layabout—go and find a job.
so 只能修饰形容词或副词，修饰名词短语要用 such a + 单数可数名词。此处 layabout 是名词，所以必须改成 such a layabout，不能保留 so。
layabout 多为英式口语，带明显贬义，指长期不工作、游手好闲的人；slacker 更常指年轻人消极怠工、逃避责任，贬义可轻可重，在美式英语中更常见。
loafer 强调到处闲逛、无所事事，也可指乐福鞋；layabout 更明确指长期不工作的人，且是英式贬称。
lazybones 是口语称呼，常对熟人或孩子说，语气打趣甚至亲昵；layabout 是带轻蔑意味的贬称，指长期不工作的人，语气更重。
懒惰的游手好闲者
He's a lazy layabout who never lifts a finger around the house.
他是个懒惰的游手好闲者，在家里从不搭把手。
一无是处的游手好闲之徒
Her brother is a good-for-nothing layabout who still lives off their parents.
她弟弟是个一无是处的游手好闲之徒，还靠父母养活。
一群游手好闲的人
The manager called his staff a bunch of layabouts.
经理称他的员工是一群游手好闲的人。
游手好闲的丈夫
She finally divorced her layabout husband.
她最终和那个游手好闲的丈夫离了婚。
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