英语释义

1. to make an effort to do something —usually used in negative statements
I have so many chores to do, and my sister won't lift a finger to help me.He never lifted a finger to try to improve his failing grades.

片语

not t lift a finger连手指都不动一动

not lift a finger不尽举手之劳

A lift of the finger举手之劳

to lift a finger举手之劳

lift a finger against sb抵抗某人

possibly lift a finger连手指都不动一动

英汉例句

• remember, mightily, lift a finger does not boast, it is entrusted with your responsibilities, like when your hands are dirty to wash as a matter of course.

  记住，分内之事、举手之劳并不值得夸耀，那是赋予你的责任，就像手脏时要洗一样理所当然。

• larry is too lazy to lift a finger to help anybody.

  拉里懒得不想动指头去帮助任何人。

• heathcliff would as soon lift a finger at you as a king would march his army against a colony of mice.

  希刺克厉夫就要对你动手啦，就像一个国王把他的军队开去打一窝老鼠一样。

• the wellhead saving on water , being to save our life, is to lift a finger also only.

  节约用水，就是节约我们生命的源泉，也仅仅是举手之劳而已。

• antonio hill of oxfam said: "the countries that created the nightmare are refusing to lift a finger to prevent it becoming a reality.

  乐施会（oxfam）的安东尼奥·希尔（antoniohill）说：「制造恶梦的国家却拒绝阻止让恶梦变成现实，即便一根手指也不想动。

• this little bit extra may seem like peanuts now, but let「s not forget that you didn」t have to lift a finger to earn that $36.

  这一点点的收入的增加现在可能只不过像花生一样小，但让我们不要忘记你赚这$36甚至不用举手之劳。

• the israelites did not need to lift a finger against them.

  以色列人不需要动一根指头反抗他们。

• when she needed him most, he didn「t lift a finger to help her.

  当他最需要他的时候，他一点忙也不帮。

• be sure they don’t lift a finger for their special day.

  确保他们不举手之劳用于特殊的一天。

• they tie up heavy loads and put them on men」s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

  他们把难担的重担，捆起来搁在人的肩上。但自己一个指头也不肯动。

• a third of men, it is reckoned, won’t lift a finger in the kitchen this christmas.

  预计今年耶诞节，1/3的男人不会进厨房帮忙。

• already silently fuming that he hadn「t offered to do his share of the driving, ms. floyd was astounded when her then-boyfriend didn」t lift a finger to pump the gas.

  弗洛伊德本来就因为那时还 是男朋友的丈夫没有主动提出驾车而满腹怨气，当男朋友在加油时连手指头都懒得动一下的时候，弗洛伊德不禁大吃一惊。

• once again, the troops didn’t lift a finger to stop them.

  军队这一次又没有出一点力来阻止他们。

• this train of thought, she perceives, is threatening mere waste of energy, even some collision with reality, for who will ever be able to lift a finger against whitaker's table of precedency?

  她认为这条思路至多不过白白浪费一些精力，或许会和现实发生一点沖突，因为谁又能对惠特克的尊卑序列表妄加非议呢?

• the high sparrow had been adamant, and ser kevan refused to lift a finger against him.

  大麻雀态度强硬，而凯冯爵士不愿举起哪怕一根指头忤逆他。

• “but then why did g.m. refuse to lift a finger to support a national health care program when hillary clinton was pushing for it?

  “那么，为什么通用对于克林顿在任时支持的国家医疗计划一毛不拔呢？」