be a no-account
作可数名词，前面通常带冠词。
Her cousin is a no-account and never holds a job.
她的表弟是个无用之人，从来保不住工作。
懒惰无用的人
懒惰无用的人
an idle worthless person
Everyone in the village considered him a no-account who never held a steady job.
村里每个人都认为他是个从不干正经工作的无价值的人。
用法提示：这里no-account作为名词，指被轻视的懒汉。
His father called him a no-account after he dropped out of school.
他父亲在他辍学后骂他是个没出息的人。
用法提示：no-account用作名词，表示无价值、没出息的人。
She refused to marry a no-account who couldn't support a family.
她拒绝嫁给一个不能养家的没用的人。
用法提示：no-account指无能的、无价值的人。
作可数名词，前面通常带冠词。
Her cousin is a no-account and never holds a job.
她的表弟是个无用之人，从来保不住工作。
no-account 在此作宾语补足语。
The neighbors called him a no-account.
邻居们称他为无用之人。
like 后接名词，表示以某种身份对待某人。
They treat him like a no-account.
他们把他当无用之人对待。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is complete no-account.
正确表达He is a complete no-account.
no-account 是可数名词，单数形式前必须用不定冠词 a/an；汉语没有冠词系统，学习者常漏掉。complete 只是修饰语，不能代替冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子These no-account are always lazy.
正确表达These no-accounts are always lazy.
no-account 是可数名词，前面有 these 时必须用复数形式 no-accounts；汉语名词没有复数词尾，容易漏加 -s，导致限定词和名词数不一致。
两者都能作名词指“没用的人”，但 no-good 更口语、更常带侮辱语气，还常作定语（如 a no-good liar）；no-account 更偏美式、略显老派，作名词时多指游手好闲、不务正业的人。只想骂人“无用”时用 no-good，想强调懒惰、不成器时用 no-account。
good-for-nothing 侧重“派不上用场、一无是处”，语气直接，现代英语中最通用；no-account 则更强调懒惰、不务正业，地域色彩偏美国。两者作名词时常可互换，但日常表达优先用 good-for-nothing。
ne'er-do-well 指长期不务正业、让家人失望的人，带书面和叙事色彩，贬义集中在“不争气”；no-account 更口语、更土气，贬义更重，直接否定其价值。正式叙述或书面语用 ne'er-do-well，口语斥责用 no-account。
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