He lives in a shiftless way.

他过着得过且过的日子。

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Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time.

吴刚是个怠懈而又不学有数的学徒。

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In retrospect, I was a sad little boy and a standard-issue, shiftless, egotistical, dejected teen-ager.

回顾往事，我曾是一个悲哀的小男孩，一个无能的、任性的、沮丧的标准问题少年。

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In retrospect, I was a sad little boy and a standard-issue, shiftless, egotistical, dejected teen-ager.

NEWYORKER: Where I Learned To Read