"wanting in resources or energy and ability to shift for oneself," 1580s, from shift (n.1) in the sense "resources" + -less. Related: Shiftlessly; shiftlessness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He lives in a shiftless way.
他過(guò)著得過(guò)且過(guò)的日子。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. That was little more than the shiftless Slatterys raised.
這個(gè)產(chǎn)量跟好吃懶做的斯萊特里家比也好不了多少.
來(lái)自飄(部分)
3. Such shiftless management, such waste, such confusion, I never saw.