goldbrick

verb

1. 偷懒；（装病）逃避工作
   to be lazy and try to avoid work by pretending to be ill/sick

1. "Goldbrick": Peasants 'Living Wisdom under the State Presence
   偷懒耍滑：国家在场下的农民生存智慧
2. Whoever is goldbrick when I came back gets a real talking.
   任何人当我回来时是金砖得到一个真的说话。
3. Everyone should deligence, the thing that fall in pies from the sky is onlythe dream of goldbrick.
   每个人都应勤奋，天上掉馅饼的事情只能是懒汉的美梦。
4. A sorry horse; a sorry excuse; a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick; the car was a no-good piece of junk.
   无用的马；无用的借口；一个懒惰的、一无是处的懒汉；这辆车是一辆一无是处的废品。
5. "It's wishful thinking to expect Phil to help you, he's a goldbrick."
   希望菲尔帮助你那是梦想，他是个懒汉

noun

1. anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

2. a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

3. an idle worthless person

   Synonym:    goof-offne'er-do-wellgood-for-nothingno-accountgood-for-naught

4. a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

verb

1. avoid (one's assigned duties)
   1. The derelict soldier shirked his duties

   Synonym:    fiddleshirkshrink from

2. deprive of by deceit
   1. He swindled me out of my inheritance
   2. She defrauded the customers who trusted her
   3. the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

   Synonym:    victimizeswindlerooknobblediddlebuncodefraudscammulctgypgiphornswoggleshort-changecon