"wanting in resources or energy and ability to shift for oneself," 1580s, from shift (n.1) in the sense "resources" + -less. Related: Shiftlessly; shiftlessness.
雙語例句
1. He lives in a shiftless way.
他過著得過且過的日子。
來自辭典例句
2. That was little more than the shiftless Slatterys raised.
這個產量跟好吃懶做的斯萊特里家比也好不了多少.
來自飄（部分）
3. Such shiftless management, such waste, such confusion, I never saw.
這樣無能的管理方法, 這種浪費, 這種混亂現象, 我從來沒有見過.
來自辭典例句
4. The other has been lazy and shiftless.
另一個懶惰成性,碌碌無為.
來自辭典例句
5. She said with a very emphatic pronunciation'shiftless ".