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

• He writes that: lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style.
  他写道：近乎于懒惰的怠倦一直是我们投资风格的基石。
• From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.
  智慧和纯洁来之于力行，从懒惰中却出现了无知和淫欲。
• 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。
• He has kept sloth out.
  他已经克服了懒惰。
• They conquered normal human sloth together on a cold winter's morning.
  在一个严寒的冬天早晨，他们一道战胜了人类的通病懒惰。
• 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。
• All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth.
  勤劳面前万事易，懒散面前万事难。
• All day long the sloth hung upside down in the tree.
  白天树懒都倒挂在树上。
• Moderation is the languor and sloth of the soul, Ambition its activity and heat.
  节制是灵魂的无力和懒散，而野心却是灵魂的活跃和动力。
• I adore a sloth who cares nothing about personal hygiene.
  我喜欢不爱个人卫生的树懒。