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half-arsed /ˌhɑːf ˈɑːst◂ $ ˈhæf ɑːrst/ British English, half-assed /ˌhɑːf ˈæst $ ˈhæf æst/ American English adjective [only before noun] informal 1 WORK HARDdoing something without making much effort 马虎的;敷衍了事的 He made a half-arsed attempt to clean up after the party. 聚会结束后,他草草地收拾了一下。2 STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEcompletely stupid 极愚蠢的 What a half-assed idea! 真是个愚蠢透顶的主意!Examples from the Corpushalf-arsed• What half-arsed plot was that berk hatching now?• L7 aren't half-arsed rockers, they trample over most of their rivals, they don't want to be blokes.half-arsed adjectiveChinese doing Corpus without much something effort making |