汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 无所作为
无所作为 (無所作為)
attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive / feckless
作为 Make results / Did not make any achievements / Refers to being content with the status quo at work and lacking creativity
不须着意做作。 谓安于现状,不想作出什么成绩。
() wú suǒ zuò () wèi/wéi
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他在政治上当然不是无所作为

He certainly was not politically inactive.

政府的无所作为应受到谴责。

The inactivity of the government was deplorable.

如果俺们无所作为视而不见,呆坏账就会随处可见。

If we do not act, we are going to find bad debt everywhere.

与此同时,迈尔斯对禁闭和无所作为已经感到十分厌倦了。

Meantime Miles was growing sufficiently tired of confinement and inaction.

有时候可能就是那些表面惟命是从,但实际却无所作为的员工。

Sometimes it might be somebody who, on the surface, looks very agreeable but underneath isn't being productive.