汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 游手好闲
游手好闲 (遊手好閑)
to idle about
Refers to people who are loitering and unwilling to participate in labor
好闲荡;懒散;不干活游手好闲之徒|在家游手好闲,横草不拿,竖草不拈。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

游手好闲,容易学坏。

They that do nothing learn to do ill.

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.

贫穷是游手好闲的报应。

Poverty is the reward of idleness.

迈克尔:他是有一点儿游手好闲

Michael: He is a bit of a loafer.

你真是个不知好歹的孩子,整天游手好闲,一无是处!

What a thankless child you are, just idle and good-for-nothing!

费罗斯特尽力促使他游手好闲的儿子有所长进。

Frost did all he could to push his idle son on.

欠债还钱是理所当然,特别是那些因为有石油而游手好闲的国家。

Of course, debts should be paid, especially by deadbeats awash in oil.

他拔枪,结果立即被交易人击毙,显然那个人在游手好闲方面更有经验。

He pulled a gun but was immediately shot dead by the dealer, clearly a much more experienced ne 'er-do-well.

在我们看来,静修者不是游手好闲的人,违世遁俗的人也不是懒汉。

In our opinion, cenobites are not lazy men, and recluses are not idlers.