engage in trifling
He was fired for engaging in trifling at work.
他因在工作时偷懒而被解雇。
轻浮行为；闲混；不务正业
triflings — plural of trifling
玩忽职守的行为；轻浮的举止。；懈怠；拖延；玩忽；没什么价值的；微不足道的
The act of one who trifles; frivolous or idle behaviour, especially delaying and playing instead of working.
指不务正业、拖延玩耍的行为
玩忽职守的行为；轻浮的举止。
The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
懈怠；拖延；玩忽
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
After a whole morning of trifling, he still hadn't written a single page of his essay.
闲混了整整一个上午之后，他依然没有写出论文的一页。
用法提示：trifling 在此作名词，表示闲混、不务正业的行为。
The manager warned that constant trifling in the office would not be tolerated.
经理警告说，办公室里不断的闲混行为是不会被容忍的。
用法提示：trifling 用作名词，受形容词 constant 修饰，指持续的无意义消磨时间。
She scolded her son for his triflings when he should have been doing homework.
她责备了儿子在应该做作业时的种种闲混行为。
用法提示：triflings 是 trifling 的复数形式，作名词，指各种闲混、浪费时间的举动。
He was fired for engaging in trifling at work.
他因在工作时偷懒而被解雇。
The manager accused him of trifling with his responsibilities.
经理指责他玩忽职守。
Her habit of trifling cost her the promotion.
她拖延的习惯让她失去了晋升机会。
侧重行动缓慢、浪费时间；比 trifling 更具体，常指动作上的拖延。
侧重不干活、虚度时光；与 trifling 相比更中性，不带‘轻浮’色彩。
多指在公共场所逗留徘徊；不一定有工作偷懒的意思，且常含贬义。
强调轻佻、不严肃的举止；比 trifling 正式，可以指具体行为或态度。
口语化，侧重犹豫不决而拖延；与 trifling 的‘玩忽’相比，更多指拿不定主意。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is trifling all day.
正确表达He is engaged in trifling all day.
Trifling是名词，不能直接用作进行时态的动词，需要搭配动词短语'be engaged in'来表达'忙于拖延'。
grammar · medium
易错句子I don't like people who are always trifling.
正确表达I don't like people who are always engaging in trifling.
Trifling是名词，不能作为现在分词修饰人，需要用'engaging in trifling'来表示进行拖延行为。
trifling 强调故意拖延且玩耍；dawdling 侧重缓慢行动、浪费时间。
trifling 指故意拖延并玩耍；loafing 指无所事事、游手好闲。
闲混；游手好闲
The manager warned him that idle trifling would not be tolerated.
经理警告他说，游手好闲是不能被容忍的。
别胡闹了；别闲混了
Stop this trifling and get back to work immediately!
别再闲混了，立刻回去工作！
玩弄某人的感情
Her constant trifling with his affections eventually broke his heart.
她不断玩弄他的感情，最终让他心碎。
不过是胡闹；纯粹的闲混
The committee dismissed the whole affair as mere trifling.
委员会认为这件事完全是胡闹，不予理会。
前缀：无；词根：trifle（轻浮对待，浪费时间）；后缀：-ing（动名词/名词后缀，表行为）；同根词：trifle, trifler
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