2. Dress a scarecrow in your last shift, you standing shiftless by, who would not soonest salute the scarecrow? 你给稻草人穿上你最后一件衣服,你自己不穿衣服站在旁边,哪一个经过的人不马上就向稻草人致敬呢?
3. She looked at him the same evening she had made up her mind to go, and now he seemed not so shiftless and worthless, but run down and beaten upon by chance. 就在她打定主意要走的当天晚上,她看着他,发现这时的他不再显得那么既无能又无用,而只不过是被倒霉的运气压垮和打败了。
英英解释
adj.
1. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy