But I spent 30 years instead, due primarily to my slothfulness.

但是我用了三十年，主要的原因是懒。

Inertia, slothfulness, idleness, and apathy are used as criticisms and insults against individuals and groups of people.

惰性、懒惰、懒散和冷漠这些词被视为对别人的批评和侮辱。

Work, in both the Old and New Testaments, is never described as best done in isolation. It is usually the antithesis of laziness or slothfulness.

在圣经新旧约全书中，从来没有描述在独立进行的情况下，工作可以做到最好。它通常是懒惰或迟钝的反义词。

And when they were even babies he would tell them of the yoke they must thrust from their shoulders — the yoke of submission and slothfulness.

当他们甚至还是婴儿时，他就会告诉他们他们必须摆脱肩上的枷锁——顺从和懒惰的枷锁。

Take the translation of Shakespeare for example. I had initially planned to spend 20 years of my spare time in doing the translation, finishing two plays a year. But I spent 30 years instead, due primarily to my slothfulness.

翻译之所以完成，主要的是因为活得相当长久，十分惊险。