汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 不务正业
bù wù zhèng yè
不务正业 (不務正業)
not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties
务 Engage in / Refers to abandoning one's own job and doing other things
没出息 无所作为 不成器 不可救药 不成材 胸无大志 碌碌无为 邪门歪道
奋发有为
务从事。指丢下本职工作不做，去搞其他的事情。
不 bù/bú 务 (務) wù 正 zhèng/zhēng 业 (業) yè
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他游手好闲，不务正业。

He idled about and did no decent work.

他经常游手好闲，不务正业。

He is always loafing around and doing nothing.

每当我看到浪费时间﹑不务正业的人时，我会为他们感到悲哀。

Whenever I see a waste of time, except the person, I will feel sad for them.

两口子生了一儿两女，儿子是老大，也学他爷爷不务正业。

The couple borns one son two females, the son is an eldest brother and also learn his grandpa raffish.

两人整日里游手好闲，不务正业，流连于赌场之中想要获取不义之财，却每每将少得可怜的家底输得一干二净。

Two people all day idle, worthless, linger in the casino to get ill-gotten gains, but they will lose all the poor family.

虽然不少人会觉得伊维斯特决定不利用暑假打工显得有些不务正业，但是这位斯坦福大学MBA班的高才生可一点儿也不后悔。

While many would consider Ivester's decision to skip a summer internship somewhat frivolous, the Stanford MBA has no regrets.

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