on the 我知道有“在职的”之意,但是在电影夏洛特的网里,蜘蛛说她喝苍蝇的血,那匹马就倒下了,旁边有人说:Lying down on the job!显然这里不能说他干活时候干着干着就倒下了吧?这个短语还有其他什么意思?
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on the 我知道有“在职的”之意,但是在电影夏洛特的网里,蜘蛛说她喝苍蝇的血,那匹马就倒下了,旁边有人说:Lying down on the job!显然这里不能说他干活时候干着干着就倒下了吧?这个短语还有其他什么意思?
答
lie down on the job
to not work as hard at something as you should The new Police Chief fired two officers he accused of lying down on the job.
See also: job, lie
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
就是工作中偷懒的意思,lying是lie的进行时