sloth

英[sləʊθ] 美[sloʊθ]
  • n. 树獭;懒惰
GRE TOEFL
星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 怠惰
    2. 懒散
    3. 懒惰
    4. 树懒
    5. <古>缓慢
    6. 延误
    7. 【动】树懒
    8. 缓慢
    9. 树獭
    10. 斯洛特(音译名)
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英英释义

Noun:
  1. a disinclination to work or exert yourself

  2. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits

  3. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Absence of competition makes for sloth.
没有竞争会导致懒惰.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Sloth turns the edge of wit.
懒散能磨去才智的锋芒.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Sloth is the mother of poverty.
懒惰是贫穷的原因.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.
大部分时间里树懒都是倒挂在树枝上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Sloths live in trees and move very slowly.
      树獭生活在树上而且行动缓慢。
    2. He has kept sloth out.
      他已经克服了懒惰。
    3. Sloth is one of human being's weaknesses.
      人性的弱点之一是懒惰。