sloth

英 [sləʊθ]

美 [sloʊθ]

n.  树懒(南美洲热带动物，行动缓慢); 懒散; 怠惰

复数：sloths　

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BNC.22340 / COCA.19039

牛津词典

noun

• 树懒（南美洲热带动物，行动缓慢）
  a S American animal that lives in trees and moves very slowly
• 懒散；怠惰
  the bad habit of being lazy and unwilling to work

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 懒惰，怠惰(尤指工作方面)
  Slothis laziness, especially with regard to work.
  1. He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
     他承认自己缺乏动力，总想犯懒。
• 树懒(见于中美洲和南美洲)
  Aslothis an animal from Central and South America. Sloths live in trees and move very slowly.

英英释义

noun

• apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  Synonym:lazinessacedia
• any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America
  Synonym:tree sloth
• a disinclination to work or exert yourself
  Synonym:slothfulness

双语例句

• My life philosophy can't produce a ground of opportunity by sloth for person.
  我的人生哲学是不能给人以惰性产生地机会。
• We also watched a sloth take about a half hour to move from one branch to the other.
  我们还看到一只树獭花了半个小时，从一树叉上爬到另一枝上。
• Until lately, you led a life of innocent sloth.
  直到最近，你过的还都是不问世事的懒散生活。
• Others will surpass your expectations only of their envy and sloth.
  另外还有些人的嫉妒和懒惰会超出你的想象。
• Sloth bears also have relatively large canine teeth which appear to be more functional for fighting than for foraging.
  懒熊也有相对较大的犬齿，这些牙齿看上去格斗功能强于觅食功能。
• A large extinct ground sloth.
  已经灭绝的大型地面生活的树懒。
• Sloth ( like rust) consumes faster than labour wears: the used key is always bright.
  懒惰（像铁锈）比劳动消耗得更快：使用中的钥匙总是发亮的。
• You could tolerate some sloth too, knowing that most units have a low resource cost.
  由于大多数单位只需要比较低的资源需求，所以你也能够忍受一些懒惰带来的影响。
• A decade ago, I was a chronic sloth with my mail.
  十年前，我是个彻里彻外的懒人，邮件不拖到末了不会发出去的。
• His sloth keeps him from taking part in sports.
  他因懒散而不参加体育运动。