good-for-nothing

/ˌɡʊd.fəˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɡʊd.fɚˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈɡʊd fə nʌθɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡʊd fər nʌθɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgu̇d-fər-ˌnə-thiŋ/ (ame, mw)

good-for-nothing — 名詞

1. someone who avoids work and never does anything that other people can rely on

1.名詞C1
釋義

廢物；窩囊廢

懶惰、無法讓人依靠的人

someone who avoids work and never does anything that other people can rely on

例句

Cyrus called his younger brother a good-for-nothing for sleeping until noon every day.

Cyrus 罵他弟弟是個廢物，因為他每天都睡到中午。

noun used as an insult about a lazy person

The old farmer warned that the village had too many good-for-nothings and not enough workers.

那位老農夫警告說，村裡的窩囊廢太多，肯做事的人太少。

plural good-for-nothings

同義詞
  • layabout

    informal; stresses laziness and avoiding work

  • wastrel

    formal and old-fashioned; someone who wastes money and chances

  • loafer

    informal; someone who idles instead of working

反義詞

文法句型

a good-for-nothing

good-for-nothings (plural)

用法筆記

Always carries a scornful tone, so it appears in complaints, insults, and family arguments rather than in neutral description.

常見錯誤

❌He is a good-for-nothing man.
✅He is a good-for-nothing.
💡as a noun it stands alone and does not need a following word like 'man'.

good-for-nothing — 形容詞