do-nothing

常見例句

The “do-nothing” Tories, he maintains, were wrong on both counts.
他認為“一事無成”的保守黨在這兩者上都是錯誤的。
The government has also been insensitive, adopting a “do-nothing” attitude to the large disparities in our small country.
日本政府也對我們這個小國懸殊的貧富差距毫無反應(yīng)，采取了“不聞不問”的態(tài)度。
This article presents five options that represent five purified views of upgrading (or not, because the do-nothing option is also covered).
本文提出了五種選擇，代表五種經(jīng)過提煉的升級觀點（也許不能說五種升級觀點，因為也包括不升級的選擇）。

They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.
Well--okay. This has nothing to do with the text, we say, and yet at the same time suppose it did.
其實這和詩本身并沒有關(guān)系，但是我們假設(shè)它和詩是關(guān)聯(lián)的。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
In other words, yeah, I still like it or don't like it, - but my liking has nothing to do either with desire or with approval-- moral, political, or however the case may be.
換句話說就是，沒錯，我還是喜歡它或者不喜歡它，但是這與我的主觀意志無關(guān)-,不管是什么認同，道德，還是政治，與一切都無關(guān)。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Do-Nothing Boards of Directors of mutual funds that summarily approve excessive investment advisory fees.
FORBES: Emerging New Fiduciary Trends and Developments: Systems of Mass Deception vs. Systems of Enhanced Diligence (September 1, 2003)
Something is going on that is turning this do-nothing metal into an investment champ.
FORBES: Gold's Goodness: Sometimes The World Does Go To Hell
But it has impressed New Yorkers accustomed to politics-as-usual and to do-nothing mayors enmeshed in party machines.
ECONOMIST: Rudy Giuliani's middle way