lazy
英 ['leɪzɪ]
美['lezi]
- adj. 懒惰的；懒洋洋的；怠惰的；慢吞吞的
- n. (Lazy)人名；(德)拉齐
词态变化
比较级: lazier;最高级: laziest;副词: lazily;名词: laziness;
中文词源
lazy 懒散的
词源不详，可能来自PIE*sleg,放松的，松弛的，词源同lax.
英英释意
- 1. moving slowly and gently;
- "up a lazy river"
- "lazy white clouds"
- "at a lazy pace"
- 2. disinclined to work or exertion;
- "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"
- "an indolent hanger-on"
- "too lazy to wash the dishes"
- "shiftless idle youth"
- "slothful employees"
- "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
英文词源
- lazy
- lazy: [16] Lazy is one of the problem words of English. It suddenly appears in the middle of the 16th century, and gradually replaces the native terms slack, slothful, and idle as the main word for expressing the concept ‘averse to work’, but no one knows for sure where it came from. Early spellings such as laysy led 19th-century etymologists to speculate that it may have been derived from lay, but the more generally accepted theory nowadays is that it was borrowed from Low German. Middle Low German had the similar lasich ‘lazy, loose’, which may go back to an Indo-European form denoting ‘slack’.
- lazy (adj.)
- 1540s, laysy, of unknown origin. Replaced native slack, slothful, and idle as the main word expressing the notion of "averse to work." In 19c. thought to be from lay (v.) as tipsy from tip. Skeat is responsible for the prevailing modern view that it probably comes from Low German, from a source such as Middle Low German laisch "weak, feeble, tired," modern Low German läösig, early modern Dutch leuzig, all of which may go back to the PIE root *(s)leg- "slack." According to Weekley, the -z- sound disqualifies a connection with French lassé "tired" or German lassig "lazy, weary, tired." A supposed dialectal meaning "naught, bad," if it is the original sense, may tie the word to Old Norse lasenn "dilapidated," lasmøyrr "decrepit, fragile," root of Icelandic las-furða "ailing," las-leiki "ailment." Lazy Susan is from 1917. Grose ("Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1788) has Lazy Man's Load: "Lazy people frequently take up more than they can safely carry, to save the trouble of coming a second time."
同义词辨析
idle, lazy
这两个形容词均有"闲散，懒惰"之意。
idle： 通常指不忙，无事可干，一般不含应责备之意。
lazy： 指好逸恶劳，贪闲偷懒，或不愿学习或工作等，常含应受责备之意。
考试真题
- If, for example, building codes included green construction guidelines, most developers would be too lazy to challenge them.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- Indifference is also the preferred option among those who are socially lazy.
2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- Harry, stop making excuses! You're just lazy.
2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文
- “We’re doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文
- A different and not mutually exclusive prediction holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one characterized by purposelessness": without jobs to give their lives meaning, people will simply become lazy and depressed.
2017年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
实用场景例句
- He was not stupid, just lazy.
- 他不笨，只是懒。
牛津词典
- I was feeling too lazy to go out.
- 我当时懒得动，不愿意外出。
牛津词典
- We spent a lazy day on the beach.
- 我们在海滩上懒洋洋地度过了一天。
牛津词典
- a lazy piece of work
- 粗制滥造的作品
牛津词典
- the lazy river
- 缓缓流淌的河水
牛津词典
- She woke up and stretched lazily.
- 她醒来伸了个懒腰。
牛津词典
- Lazy and incompetent police officers are letting the public down...
- 懒惰兼无能的警官令公众失望。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I was too lazy to learn how to read music.
- 我太懒，没有学识谱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her latest novel is perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon reading...
- 在慵懒的夏日午后阅读她的最新小说最合适不过了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We would have a lazy lunch and then lie on the beach in the sun.
- 我们会慵懒地吃顿午饭，然后躺在沙滩上晒太阳。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a valley of rolling farms spread out along a lazy river.
- 山谷里的农田起伏绵延，旁边一条溪水缓缓而过
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the lazy, loose grace of the born athlete.
- 这位天生的运动员悠然放松的优雅姿态
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Interfaces describe a set of functionality, or a contract.
- 接口描述了一系列功能, 或者是约定.
期刊摘选
- Lazy people seldom succeed.
- 懒惰的人很少会成功.
《简明英汉词典》
- You'll have to keep after them if you want the work done. They're so lazy!
- 如果你想要完成这项工作,你就必须不停地督促他们. 他们太懒了!
《简明英汉词典》
- Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears.
- 他们那种慢吞吞 、 含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳.
《简明英汉词典》
- When I say that the boys are lazy, I except you.
- 我说男孩懒惰, 并不包括你.
《简明英汉词典》
- What can we do to urge these lazy workers to greater production?
- 我们怎样才能鼓励这些懒惰的工人去努力增产 呢 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- He was scolded for being lazy.
- 他因懒惰而受斥责.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He was wont to say that children are lazy.
- 他常常说小孩子们懒惰.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A lazy youth, a lousy age.
- 少时懒惰老来苦.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was called down by his father for being lazy.
- 他因懒惰而受到父亲的严厉斥责.
《简明英汉词典》
- The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
- 那懒汉是家里的寄生虫.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The coach admonished the girls for being lazy.
- 教练告诫姑娘们不要偷懒.
《简明英汉词典》
- With children as lazy as these, you have to beat the facts in.
- 这么懒惰的孩子, 你只能把知识硬灌给他们.
《简明英汉词典》
- She spoke with a lazy articulation.
- 她说话慢吞吞的.
《简明英汉词典》
- He will never admit to me that he is lazy.
- 他不会向我承认他懒惰.
《简明英汉词典》