This may imbue Japan's shiftless youth with manliness, but it is unlikely to ease Japan's relations with its neighbours.(此舉也許會向懦弱的日本年輕人灌輸些男子漢氣概，但卻不大可能對緩解日本同其鄰邦的關系有何裨益。)

A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.(懶鬼，游手好閑的人：一個懶惰或得過且過的人，尤指靠別人施舍過生活的人。)

This going to hunt up her shiftless husband at the inn was one of Mrs Durbeyfield's still extant enjoyments in the muck and muddle of rearing children.(到酒店里走一趟，尋找她的沒有出息的丈夫，仍然是德北菲爾德太太在撫養孩子的又臟又累的生活中的一件樂事。)

Thee COMEDY: These always charming, sometimes shiftless, talented men imbue their physical talent with a good dose of Chaplinesque humor.(喜劇：這些迷人的天才舞者有時會赤膊上陣，將卓別林式的幽默融入到他們的運動天賦中去。)

Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time.(吳剛是個怠懈而又不學有數的學徒。)

The “shiftless” Cherokees proudly did everything necessary.(“無能”的切諾基們自豪地做了所有一切事。)

Bald headed young men pushing forward, rings in their ears, rape in their shiftless eyes.(禿頂的年輕男子迫不及待地向前走，耳朵上掛著耳環，用無奈的眼神瞅著你，像要逼你加快動作。)

A person without ambition is said to be shiftless .(沒有雄心的人被稱為沒出息的或者懶惰的人。)

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.(他的父母是碌碌無為的莊稼人，在他的頭腦里，從來沒有真正承認過他們是他的父母。)

He lives in a shiftless way.(他過著得過且過的日子。)

He was shiftless, a good-for-nothing.