【雅思词汇量】今日词汇：sloth

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

—George Bernard Shaw

 

⒈ disinclination to work or exert oneself; indolence; laziness; idleness

n. 懒惰，怠惰

2. slowness; delay

n.「古语」缓慢、延迟

 

3. any of various slow-moving arboreal edentate mammals that inhabit tropical forests of South and Central America, hang from the branches back downward, and feed on leaves, shoots, and fruits

n. 树懒

 

Examples of  sloth in a sentence

 

He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.

他承认自己缺乏动力，总想犯懒。

Absence of competition makes for sloth.

没有竞争会导致懒惰.

Sloth turns the edge of wit.

懒散能磨去才智的锋芒.

 

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.

 

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse，dugong，gibbon，

grimalkin，sable，stoat，ungulate，vole

 

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