Word
slothful
/ˈsləuθful/
adjective
懒惰的；怠惰的
Lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
- 1.
Lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
懒惰的；闲散的；倾向于怠惰的。
懒惰的；闲散的；倾向于怠惰的。；怠惰的；懒惰的
In use
His slothful attitude toward his studies caused him to fail the exam.
The manager was frustrated with the slothful employees who never finished their tasks on time.
Sloths are famously slothful, spending most of their time hanging upside down and sleeping.
be slothful
用于描述人的懒惰特质。
He is too slothful to get out of bed before noon.
他太懒惰了，中午之前都起不来床。
slothful about sth
后接名词或动名词，表示在某事上懒惰。
She is slothful about doing her homework.
她懒得做作业。
slothful in sth
用于正式或书面语境，表示在职责或任务上懒惰。
They have been slothful in their duties.
他们在职责上一直很懈怠。
Common mistakes
He is a slothful.He is slothful.
Slothful 是形容词，不能直接作名词使用。去掉冠词 a，保持形容词作表语。
He is slothful to do his homework.He is too slothful to do his homework.
Slothful 不能直接接不定式表示‘懒得做某事’。需用 too...to... 结构，意为‘太懒惰以至于不做…’。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- sloth
- 懒惰；怠惰 · n.
- slothfully
- 懒惰地；懒散地 · adv.
- slothfulness
- 懒惰；怠惰 · n.
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