| 单词 | busywork |
| 例句 | Every task we were assigned was just glorified busywork to keep our hands moving, our bodies occupied, and our minds dead with boredom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “They have me doing all this busywork,” says the German. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The present, the little bit of busywork you had right in front of you, became the most urgent thing. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Principal Marshall looked up from all his busywork. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The alterations that Mr. Zhang reveals may seem innocuous, but the evocation of Orwellian busywork constantly varnishing truth for the benefit of dictatorial dominion is chilling to contemplate. Art Review: ?New Photography 2011? Features 6 Artists at MoMA - Review 2011-10-14T05:00:49Z Besides, the busywork the watch’s apps can replace — handing over airline boarding passes, opening hotel room doors — seems less like an advance than a loss of control. Why I’m Breaking Up With the Apple Watch 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z In it, he observes that, for him, “it is so much easier to spend the day” doing administrative busywork “than it is to leap off the cliff into the terrifying unknown of ‘artistic inspiration.’ ” Future Tense: A Digital Detox Test: Unplug Twitter and Facebook. Put Off Email and Smartphone. 2014-02-07T21:43:43Z But the level of activity stalls at busywork. | 'Under Construction': Tales From a Hard-Hat Zone: The U.S.A. 2011-04-27T22:19:43Z Some sections sounded like busywork — passages generated to meet generic structural proportions but without any real creative impetus. Familiar with their music and with each other 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z In “Pong,” two unmoving paddles encapsulate the meaningless but addictive busywork of the digital age with an interminable game of catch. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z What happened at PS 59 was extreme and idiotic, but it also illuminates what happens when the labor of both teaching and learning is reduced to mere busywork. New York school assigns racist word-problems to fourth-graders 2013-02-22T16:36:00Z The movie’s first half is better shaped than its second, and there are narrative lacunae here and there that suggest some late-breaking editing busywork. ‘Morbius’ Review: The Other Bat, Man 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z All this editing busywork doesn’t help enliven “The Edge of War,” a plodding bureaucratic procedural that features many, many characters strategizing in various spaces with furrowed brows and clenched jaws, mostly in relentless medium close-up. ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ Review: ‘Well Navigated, Sir’ (Not!) 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z One cannot say that nothing happens in "Entourage," but much of it feels like busywork and wheel-spinning, middle episodes of a larger season-long arc. In 'Entourage,' everyone is still livin' the dream 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z But as the evening wore on, Mr. Doyle’s take seemed increasingly apt; unlike the distracting busywork of Mary Zimmerman’s dismal Met “Lucia,” this staging fixed attention where it belonged, on intimate character entanglements. Houston Grand Opera Holds to Its Promise of Excellence 2011-02-09T16:15:56Z They assign her to what they think is busywork. Review: ‘Nise,’ the Therapist Who Resisted Lobotomies 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z For him art-making seems to have been a form of existential busywork, part child’s play, part labor, part meditation. The Materials Man of the Emirates 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Once the domain of apron-clad matrons tasked with domestic busywork, sewing, like knitting before it, is making a comeback. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine 2012-07-04T15:28:44Z Lindell claims he's not trying to disrupt elections offices by overwhelming them with pointless busywork, but the timing and repetitiveness of the requests say otherwise. America's most effective fascism enforcers are bored boomers, not youthful brawlers 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Kraemer said she sometimes resorted to doing “busywork that is mindless” to accumulate clicks. The Rise of the Worker Productivity Score 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Google Docs is getting an absolutely lovely feature that could cut down a lot of busywork when it comes to properly formatting your document: the ability to select multiple sections of text at once. Google Docs is getting a big upgrade to formatting 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z For example, workers were less distracted by pointless meetings and open office settings and were able to focus on meaningful tasks rather than being burdened by busywork. COVID Changed the World of Work Forever 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The report is appropriately titled “Ten Thousand Commandments” and it includes an estimate of the cost of all the busywork which is typically required by regulatory compliance. Trump-dependent media feels the pinch 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z She said that being explicit about mental health was policy busywork and a paperwork nightmare. Perspective | Taking a mental health day is legit. Just ask the kids. 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Asynchronous lessons are unsupervised busywork, according to Jonathan Zachreson, the founder of Reopen California Schools. California teacher cancels class time and assigns homework instead to attend son’s wedding in Mexico 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Though seemingly doomed to lives of miserable busywork, the “Slow Horses” nonetheless manage to get into some pretty good scrapes. Get your crime fiction fix with new books from Walter Mosley, Belinda Bauer and Mick Herron 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Whether you end up with more busywork or a learning opportunity, you’ll be banking valuable goodwill and a reputation for initiative. Perspective | Young, scrappy and hungry ... for promotion 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z All this busywork took up a tremendous amount of time. Opinion | The Trump administration imposes yet another arbitrary, absurd modification to the immigration system 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Good Sudoku also eliminates some of the busywork inherent in the game — most notably, counting. Good Sudoku on the iPhone teaches you the beauty of sudoku 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The coronavirus exposed European countries’ misplaced confidence in faulty models, bureaucratic busywork and their own wealth. Europe Said It Was Pandemic-Ready. Pride Was Its Downfall. 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Now the employer is making her work online a few hours a week via video and do busywork. Perspective | Your questions about the Paycheck Protection Program and furloughs 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Are the students really learning or just being given busywork? Opinion | Schools never prepared for this. But they better get ready now, fast. 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Things like the weapon upgrade system feel like meaningless busywork, while the addition of a hub world-style spaceship doesn’t bring much of interest. Doom Eternal is gory, goofy, and metal as hell 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z But Mr. Funston, the board chairman, said any requests to the undergraduates were not designed to drown them in busywork. Why It’s So Hard to Make an Endowment More Socially Responsible 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “The amount of busywork we must do while verifying prescriptions is absolutely dangerous,” another wrote to the Pennsylvania board in February. How chaos at chain pharmacies is putting patients at risk 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z While these may sound like small changes, they dramatically reduce busywork and travel, letting you focus on the fun aspects of the game. Pokémon Sword and Shield are the best Pokémon games in years 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Me writing an article that suggests you “spend time growing your skills at work” isn’t helpful if you’re saddled with busywork because everyone assumes you’re the “office mom.” How to Succeed When You’re Marginalized or Discriminated Against at Work 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Describing a never-ending cycle of busywork and extracurricular activities, my teenage self sounds familiar: desperate to pay attention to just one or two things. Opinion | Can We Slow Down Time in the Age of TikTok? 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z My right hand does NASA’s busywork while I pull out my own grease pencil with my left hand. Amped life 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z I lack the concentration to do real writing, so I just do busywork. Megan Abbott’s Work Diary: ‘My Psychiatrist Notes How Tired I Look, Which Is Great’ 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Your map is littered with things to do, most of them tedious busywork. Spider-Man on PS4 makes you feel like a superhero 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Plan for a handoff far in advance, so you know you won’t be pigeonholed into busywork forever. How to Succeed When You’re Marginalized or Discriminated Against at Work 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z I felt guilty when I wasn’t busy, and I alleviated this guilt by filling my time with busywork. Opinion | Distracted? Work Harder! 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z I hit a workable balance of story and survival early on, but the survival parts soon became annoying busywork locking up the story. We Happy Few is a creepy, fascinating game that gets lost in its own ambition 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Slough House, in this winning series, is where incompetent or disgraced British spies spend their days on meaningless busywork. All the best new crime fiction for summer 2018 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Essentially Facebook gives us privacy “busywork” to make us think we have control, while making it very difficult to truly lock down our accounts. 'A grand illusion': seven days that shattered Facebook's facade 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Proposals such as these constitute busywork for economists. Opinion | Does the Fed need a new playbook? Not so fast. 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Once I’d tamed the busywork, I realized there was still space for meaningful work, and I took on more complex tasks, including thinking about the book that inspired this article. Opinion | Distracted? Work Harder! 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Look at any of them, and discover that senior level operations are full of duplication of effort, with countless hours wasted in busywork which accomplishes nothing. E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Instead, every single storyline of The Walking Dead this season feels segmented off; individual pieces of busywork filling space because the show’s not interested in moments of actual conflict or dialogue. Only The Walking Dead could make "all out war" feel flat-out boring 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The scope of this uncompensated digital busywork—from which companies profit—goes well beyond social media maintenance and taking consumer surveys. Stop Doing Companies' Digital Busywork for Free 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Instead of jamming your screen full of icons with missions, collectibles, and other busywork, Origins takes a much more laid back approach, just placing some question marks for you to discover. Assassin’s Creed Origins finds new life in a new setting 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Here’s an exercise: Take a few days to assess roughly how much of your time you spend on unproductive busywork, and how difficult it is to become engaged in individual projects. Opinion | Distracted? Work Harder! 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z I’d always wondered whether “rolling bandages” was really just busywork, but the exhibit explains that it was only one part of the useful medically related tasks performed by the charity’s supporters. Perspective | Remembering the great things the Red Cross did during the Great War 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Not having to worry about legacy busywork, say how to zip up files or create PDFs, can free you to focus on more meaningful work. Stop Calling Google's Chromebooks Toy Computers 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Companies may benefit when customers create content, provide feedback and do busywork once done by paid employees, but what about the customers themselves—all of us? Stop Doing Companies' Digital Busywork for Free 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z In any case, it’s never fun or challenging, just a lot of tedious busywork. Hellblade is a harrowing, frustrating descent into madness 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The House bill would subject Medicaid enrollees to the same gantlet of busywork that cash recipients already must run. Opinion | The GOP hates red tape — except when it comes to giving poor people health care 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Lolly Bliss, a fifth-grade teacher with 25 years’ experience, said her students will be prepared to accomplish more because they are freed from busywork - which is how she defined some homework. Orchard Elementary parents say yes to no-homework 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z I was so taken with the gorgeous fine-line art style that I embraced these scavenger hunts which, in other titles, I usually find to be little more than busywork. ‘Gravity Rush 2′ is a gorgeously animated, exuberant game 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z That’s why proponents of seizing America’s heritage often bury their takeover measures in large bills that Congress must pass or as “study bills” that intend to mask their intent with costly legislative busywork. Stop the movement to exploit America’s federal lands — our lands 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Even though he knows productivity experts say doing email first thing in the morning expends prime mental energy on busywork, Mr. Perry says clearing his inbox curbs his anxiety. Why 4 a.m. Is the Most Productive Hour 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z With all the computerized busywork that a medical visit requires these days, there’s hardly time to call in our patients from the waiting room. The Doctor-Patient Relationship Is Alive and Well 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z You're here at the office, trying to catch up on email and a glut of busywork. Nissan’s self-parking office chair is here to make your Monday better 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z And it’s fiddly busywork at that, asking that you align the pointer with activation spots millimeters apart before picking through monotonous debris fields. Review: Layers of Fear Is a Splendid Haunted House Devoid of Chills 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z “The busywork is gone,” said Jason Elizaitis, Assured’s director of IT operations, who said the system also cost 50 percent less to buy than replacing the previous one. Earnings bolster Cisco, but raise concerns for broader IT spending 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Start saying "no" to busywork that doesn't help further your career goals. 10 Simple Resolutions That Will Boost Your Career in 2016 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z It is busywork on a vast, almost incomprehensible scale.” Four tough things universities should do to rein in costs 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z As one former cadet put it: busywork and demanding rituals that sometime cross the line and become hazing are embraced in military education as a “rite of passage.” Thomas Jefferson’s urgent lesson for America: The less force we wield, the more powerful we become 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Once you’d mastered headshots, since enemies couldn’t be bothered to protect their eggshell noggins, battles were more or less cranium-splatting busywork. 7 Things Fallout 4 Had Better Improve On 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Eventually, he writes, computers should become servants rather than masters, and do enough of the busywork so that doctors may actually “return to the fundamental work of medicine: diagnosing, treating, comforting, teaching, and discovering.” Review: ‘The Digital Doctor’ by Robert Wachter Weighs Medicine’s Technological Transformation 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Managers spend an average of 15 hours a week on administrative busywork — everything from making and following up on requests for technical support to submitting purchase orders. This Is Millennials’ Most Embarrassing Secret 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z To the untrained eye of the average television viewer, the sweeping appears to be hypnotically pointless busywork. Unusual sport of curling finds foothold on Mid-South ice 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Most of the busywork involved with the project was handled by local volunteers. Department of History to unveil 6 Fulton markers in April 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z I’ve used a number of these services over the last year trying to medicate my nostalgia for China, wandering through a day’s busywork repeating words I used to know alongside a voice in my earphone. What Mark Zuckerberg's Chinese Says About Facebook Culture 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Steer clear of quagmires, toxic work environments, busywork, and unsolvable problems. 28 Secrets of Exceptionally Productive People 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Filling your funnel with cold leads is just a lot of busywork and wasted time. SalesforceVoice: Stop Clogging Your Funnel With Bad Leads 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Noisli helps you tackle busywork by letting you layer background noises on top of one another. 50 Best Websites 2014 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z If they want out of worksheets and busywork, they have to propose alternatives that I approve to meet the learning targets. How Are Progressive Teachers Using Technology? 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Rather than treating the evaluation as an opportunity to acknowledge, support, and strengthen an employee’s skills, many managers treat the process as tedious busywork. 8 Ways To Make Your Employees Love You 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z But if you're a relentless workaholic and your time is too valuable to indulge in mindless busywork, these services can be a godsend. Digital confessions: Instagram bores, dog video addicts and property obsessives 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z As you play you'll unlock new hacking abilities that help open things up somewhat, but a dozen or so hours into the game and it just feels like a lot of repetitive busywork regardless. 'Watch Dogs' review: bringing a smartphone to a gunfight 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z My husband and I have five degrees from this university and are good donors to the school, but we agree with Kathleen Parker that requiring labels on books is the “busywork of smallish minds.” ‘Trigger warnings’ on literature are an unnecessary coddling of college students It doesn’t take a lot of processing power to work out that this role, at a high level, describes not just white-collar busywork but a large amount of video gaming. The Top 5 Indie Games of 2013 2013-12-23T15:15:00Z To reduce the busywork of all those different social media platforms, set up an application that allows you to simultaneous post to all of them. Create Your Personal Brand: 8 Steps 2013-04-23T12:00:00Z So much time is spent on email busywork that employees aren't able to focus on new and creative ideas as much as they would like, he said. Companies urging workers to avoid after-hours email 2012-09-21T19:29:00Z But place too much emphasis on curriculum, and the downside is exacerbating a culture of excessive busywork at the expense of some of the most meaningful ways of learning. Are medical schools squashing creativity? Part 2: Lighten up on mandates, and take advantage of the informal curriculum 2012-05-25T21:45:03.163Z It is bureaucracy in pure form, busywork with no aim or end, impossible to avoid or escape. Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive ?Stupid Games? 2012-04-04T17:34:03Z Get somebody else to handle your paperwork, expense reports, or whatever busywork is involved with making a sale. 12 Easy Ways to Increase Sales 2012-01-11T11:16:03Z Coupled with the sometimes capricious pathfinding of the tribes-people, who happily ascend near-vertical inclines but quibble over puddles of waist-high water, all too often the role of unseen guardian involves little more than tiresome busywork. From Dust ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:19Z Mr. Crow said he hoped the airing of such F.B.I. busywork might deter further efforts to keep watch over him. For Anarchist, Details of Life as F.B.I. Target 2011-05-28T23:53:34Z The other four hours are occupied by busywork like tidying up. The Assembly Line Is Rolling Again, Tenuously, at Honda in Japan 2011-04-19T00:20:31Z Spending months writing a business plan can make you feel like you're being productive, but it's really just busywork. When Writing a Business Plan Is a Waste of Time 2011-04-13T08:30:00Z Talk about busywork: In her annual report, the Internal Revenue Service’s national taxpayer advocate, Nina Olson, estimated that American taxpayers and their hired preparers spend 6.1 billion hours annually complying with the law. Slow-Growth U.S. Now Ripe for Consumption Tax: Kevin Hassett 2011-01-24T02:41:43Z He said each security measure, from the new pat-down procedures to the increased use of body scanners, was driven by intelligence, not by a desire to create busywork. This Land: At a Checkpoint, Facing Terror Fears and, Now, Testy Travelers 2010-11-23T03:10:00Z Or he saw them doing busywork solely to impress him with their industriousness. Why Companies Don't Need Headquarters 2010-06-03T10:00:00Z |
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