do-nothing

基本解释

The “do-nothing” Tories, he maintains, were wrong on both counts.
他认为“一事无成”的保守党在这两者上都是错误的。
The government has also been insensitive, adopting a “do-nothing” attitude to the large disparities in our small country.
日本政府也对我们这个小国悬殊的贫富差距毫无反应，采取了“不闻不问”的态度。
This article presents five options that represent five purified views of upgrading (or not, because the do-nothing option is also covered).
本文提出了五种选择，代表五种经过提炼的升级观点（也许不能说五种升级观点，因为也包括不升级的选择）。

They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.
Well--okay. This has nothing to do with the text, we say, and yet at the same time suppose it did.
其实这和诗本身并没有关系，但是我们假设它和诗是关联的。
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In other words, yeah, I still like it or don't like it, - but my liking has nothing to do either with desire or with approval-- moral, political, or however the case may be.
换句话说就是，没错，我还是喜欢它或者不喜欢它，但是这与我的主观意志无关-,不管是什么认同，道德，还是政治，与一切都无关。
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Do-Nothing Boards of Directors of mutual funds that summarily approve excessive investment advisory fees.
FORBES: Emerging New Fiduciary Trends and Developments: Systems of Mass Deception vs. Systems of Enhanced Diligence (September 1, 2003)

You can use do-nothing to describe people such as politicians who you think have failed to do something.