That was little more than the shiftless Slatterys raised.

更为糟糕的是，还有个纳税的问题。

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？

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.

他的父母是碌碌无为的庄稼人— —他的想象力根本从来没有真正承认他们是自己的父母。

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

懒惰使人沉睡，懈怠的人必受饥饿。

After that Dick discharged a shiftless orderly and by then it was the lunch hour.

在那之后，迪克让一个不勤劳的勤务兵下班，然后就是午餐时间了。

Old Slattery, who clung persistently to his few acres, in spite of repeated offers from Gerald and John Wilkes, was shiftless and whining.

老斯莱特里死死抱住他那几英亩土地，任凭杰拉尔德和约翰·威尔克斯一再出价购买也不放手，他就是这么个刻板而又爱发牢骚的人。

His father was so hurt to think he had a shiftless, ambitionless son that he was actually ashamed before his employees.

他的父亲认为自己有一个无能为力、没有野心的儿子， 非常伤心，以至于他在员工面前感到羞愧。

Yes, sir. They're gonna say, 'There goes that poor old Clara Varner, whose father married her off to a dirt-scratching, shiftless, no-good farmer who just happened by.'

“明白，他们会说，这就是那个可怜的老克拉拉·瓦尔纳，她的父亲把她嫁给了一个肮脏、偷懒、无用的农民。”

Ellen had been given this preparation for marriage which any well-brought-up young lady received, and she also had Mammy, who could galvanize the most shiftless negro into energy.

爱伦早就接受过了每个有教养的年轻太太都必须接受的这种结婚前准备，而且她身边还有嬷嬷，能够叫一个最不中用的黑人也使出劲来。

Timon of Athens said: " Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy." Hate the sin, love the sinner, except if the sinner is a family member, co-worker, neighbor, fellow citizen or a shiftless foreigner.

雅典的泰门说：“没有什么比仁慈更能助长罪恶了。”恨恶罪，爱罪人，除非罪人是家庭成员、同事、邻居、同胞或无能的外国人。