featherbed
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌfeð.əˈbed]
- 美式音标 [ˌfeð.ɚˈbed]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v.任闲职;实施限产超雇;以政府津贴资助
- adj.限产超雇的
英汉例句
- HAVE REFERRED to various union make-work and featherbed practices.
前面我已经提到了工会“制造工作机会”和“限产超雇”的种种做法。 - God becomes man becomes fish becomes barnacle goose becomes featherbed mountain.
天主变成人,人变成鱼,鱼变成黑雁,黑雁又变成堆积如山的羽绒褥垫。 - A blizzard had developed on Christmas Eve,and I had snuggled into a featherbed to keep warm,praying that I would get just a little something for Christmas.
圣诞节前夜里刮了一场暴风雪,我蜷缩在羽毛褥床取暖,心理暗暗盼着自己能得到哪怕一点点的圣诞节礼物。 - A blizzard had developed on Christmas Eve, and I had snuggled into a featherbed to keep warm, praying that I would get just a little something for Christmas.
圣诞节前夜里刮了一场暴风雪,我蜷缩在羽毛褥床取暖,心理暗暗盼着自己能得到哪怕一点点的圣诞节礼物。 - HAVE REFERRED to various union make-work and featherbed practices. These practices, and the public toleration of them, spring from the same fundamental fallacy as the fear of machines.
前面我已经提到了工会制造工作机会和闲职就业的种种做法。这些做法的起因,以及公众容忍它们的原因,跟害怕机器一样,是源于同一个根本的谬误。
英英字典
- to protect someone, especially a group of workers, too much and make things easy for them