·1. lazy - 不想干活·
/ˈleɪzi/ 形容词，贬义或褒义都可以，用于口语和非正式语境。
作贬义词时经常形容人，表示not willing to work or use any effort，不乐意干活的，不想努力的，很懒的，可以是持续的状态 (性格很懒)，或者暂时的犯懒，比如说星期六早上只想躺床上，什么都不想做。
例：Mary doesn't do well at school. She's smart, but she's just too lazy to study.
玛丽的学习成绩不好。她很聪明，但就是懒得学习。
例：I feel so lazy today. I don't feel like getting out of bed.
我今天什么事情都不想做，就想窝在床上不起来。
例：Get up and make your own breakfast! Don't be so lazy!
起床然后自己做早餐去！别那么懒！
例：We thought we were winning, so we got lazy.
我们以为赢定了，所以就偷懒了。
作褒义词后边经常搭配一段时间或者活动，a lazy period of time is spent doing nothing except relaxing，慢悠悠的，没什么事的，悠闲慵懒的。
例：We spent a lazy Sunday on the beach, just lying in the sun and listening to the waves.
我们在沙滩度过了一个慵懒的周日，躺在阳光下，听着海浪声。
·2. slack off - 松懈懈怠·
slack /slæk/ 最常用作形容词，表示not stretched tight，没有绷紧的，比如晾衣绳 (clothesline) 挂久了松松的，反义词是taut /tɔːt/，紧绷的。
它可以作动词，slack或者slack off，表示to make less effort than usual, or to be lazy in your work，做事没有平时那么认真努力，松懈懈怠。
衍生出来的名词是slacker，a person who is lazy and avoids work，懒人，不爱干活的人。
例：He's been slacking off a lot lately—showing up late, missing deadlines. I have a feeling he's about to quit.
他最近摆烂很严重，比如迟到，错过截止日期。我有种预感他要辞职了。
例：We're behind schedule. We can't afford to slack off now!
我们进度落后了，现在不能再偷懒了！
例：If you're looking for the slacker in your family, you'll probably find them on the couch watching TV or playing video games.
如果你想找家里最懒的人，可以去沙发那里找，他一般都在看电视或者玩游戏。句子前边是单数的slacker，后边却是them，这是因为slacker性别不确定，所以用them，一个没有明确性别的代词，这种用法叫singular they (单数的they)，挺常见的。
·3. cut corners - 省钱省事·
cut corners是习语，一个可能的起源或者说最初的意思是拐弯的时候走最短的路线，贴着边拐，速度快的时候这种急拐很容易翻车出事。
现在这个习语表示to save time, money, or energy by doing things quickly and not as carefully as you should，为了省钱或者省时间省事，偷工减料、偷懒耍滑，没有踏踏实实做到位，最后出来的结果不好，是个贬义词，经常用在工作、安全、质量保障相关的语境。
例：It's tempting to cut corners when you're on a tight deadline, but it usually backfires.
时间紧的时候会很想偷懒耍滑，但通常欲速则不达。tempting /ˈtemptɪŋ/ 形容词，很有诱惑力的，backfire /ˌbækˈfaɪə(r)/ 动词，表示to have the opposite effect to the one intended，结果和你想要的是相反的，事与愿违。
例：The accounting department was caught cutting corners, and the boss fired everyone involved.
会计部偷懒怠工被发现，老板把所有相关人员都炒了。
例：If you're decorating your home, don't cut corners—cheap paint or rushed work will only make you regret it later.
如果你正在装修房子，千万不要偷工减料——用廉价漆或者仓促赶工只会让你日后后悔。
·4. shortcut - 想走捷径·
shortcut /ˈʃɔː(r)tkʌt/ 名词，表示a quicker or shorter way to get somewhere; a quicker way of doing something，去某个地方的近道；也可以表示做某事的快捷省事的方法，这种快捷经常建立在没有把事情做仔细、做规范的基础上，跳过一些不该省的步骤。
常用搭配是a shortcut to sth/doing sth，表示去某地/做某事的捷径，注意这里的to是介词，所以是to doing sth，不是to do sth。
例：I know a shortcut to the zoo; it'll save us at least 15 minutes.
我知道一条去动物园的近道，至少能省15分钟。
例：You can take a shortcut through the parking lot to get to school.
你可以抄近路穿过停车场去学校。
例：There are no real shortcuts to learning a language. It takes time, effort, and practice.
学习语言没有真正的捷径。它需要时间、努力和练习。
例：Always wear your protective equipment. No shortcuts.
时时穿戴好防护装备，别偷懒不穿。
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Sometimes I'm t____ l____ t__ organize my desk, so I s_____ o____ and pile everything on the shelf. But c________ c________ like this never works. Eventually, I can't find anything, and it takes twice as long to sort things out. There's no s________ t__ keeping things organized. It's better to just do it right the first time.
有时我懒得整理书桌，就偷懒把东西都堆在书架上。但这种图省事的做法是行不通的。到最后什么东西都找不到，这时候再去整理要花费双倍的时间。保持东西整齐没有什么偷懒的捷径，最好第一次就把事情做好。
Sometimes I'm too lazy to organize my desk, so I slack off and pile everything on the shelf. But cutting corners like this never works. Eventually, I can't find anything, and it takes twice as long to sort things out. There's no shortcut to keeping things organized. It's better to just do it right the first time.
有时我懒得整理书桌，就偷懒把东西都堆在书架上。但这种图省事的做法是行不通的。到最后什么东西都找不到，这时候再去整理要花费双倍的时间。保持东西整齐没有什么偷懒的捷径，最好第一次就把事情做好。
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