| 单词 | make-work |
| 例句 | And the worst thing was that even with our make-work projects, we didn’t really have enough to do. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She is winning and open, and in the series she throws herself with gusto into the rituals and make-work projects of reality-show self-help. Television Review: You Can Feel Her Pain (Just Don?t Ask Questions) 2011-06-09T22:00:23Z Sandler is one businessman who takes the president’s edict about make-work projects to heart. ‘Grown Ups 2’: Another lowbrow job from Sandler gang 2013-07-11T16:24:52Z “There’s no Hoover Dam or Lincoln Tunnel on the other side of this nonsense spending. Just Potemkin jobs and a new make-work program when there’s plenty of work to go around,” he said. McConnell slams Biden Climate Corps as ‘taxpayer-funded pipeline’ to turn activists into bureaucrats 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z A similar move here and bam – debt would be paid, make-work tolls could be gone, Seattle waterfront saved. Time to kill the Highway 99 tunnel tolls and save Seattle’s waterfront 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z “But it’s hard not to conclude that some shuttle missions have felt like make-work projects undertaken more to keep astronauts in orbit rather than because they were essential.” George Alexander, L.A. Times reporter who chronicled space exploration, dies 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Kagan suggested the “make-work” requirement was simply an attempt to try to make it harder for the convicted to get relief from federal courts. Supreme Court rules against shackled prisoner seeking new trial 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z But Justice Elena Kagan, writing for herself and the court’s two other liberal justices, said requiring courts to apply both tests was “make-work.” High court rules for state in case of man shackled at trial 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The GPR ” appears to be almost a year’s worth of make-work,” one unnamed congressional staffer told the website Foreign Policy.com. ‘No decisions, no changes’: Critics pan Pentagon’s strategic posture review 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Through the 1990s he was given make-work tasks, like assessing the environmental impact of space rockets. Allan McDonald dies at 83; tried to stop the Challenger launch 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Don’t burden county election officials with make-work when they’re certifiably busier than ever before. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Instead of a make-work program, it’s a make-dinner program — which is remarkable for a Conservative Party government, as the Tories are known not for their largesse, but for a decade of austerity budgets. Boris Johnson is splitting the check with millions of Britons who dare to dine out 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z He created a jobs program that built parks and playgrounds, another that built airports and school buildings, and a third that unapologetically paid for “make-work” jobs just to keep Americans fed, clothed and housed. Column: The COVID-19 pandemic shows that it's time for a new New Deal. Here's a blueprint 2020-08-12T04:00:00Z The unity government agreement initially calls for 34 cabinet officers, some running make-work ministries fashioned just to allow an equal number for both sides. Israel may get its first government in months, but can it govern? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Other objections are as predictable as they are baseless: that volunteering might become compulsory, create “make-work,” divert young people from their careers, involve advocacy for liberal causes or prove too expensive. Opinion | Here’s a cost-effective national service proposal that could bridge our deep divisions 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Sharma, instead of being celebrated as a hero, was transferred out of the district to a make-work desk job. Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z In interviews, 10 former employees said the Brewer firm pushed lawyers to generate big bills and encouraged “make-work” tasks. How a hard-charging lawyer helped fuel a civil war inside the NRA 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Various New Deal policies also established make-work programs for the unemployed, provided relief to the desperately poor and restored confidence in the banking system. Everything you need to know about the Green New Deal 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z If pressures to meet employment targets were to lead to the creation of unproductive, make-work positions, the entire rationale for a job guarantee would collapse. The economics of a job guarantee: Wage and employment effects 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z And far from becoming more efficient, they said, they were increasingly bogged down with what they considered make-work. How Trump appointees curbed a consumer protection agency loathed by the GOP 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z “Unless burdening plaintiffs and the federal courts with make-work is a feature of defendants’ litigation strategy, as opposed to a bug, it is hard to see the point,” he said. Judge Jesse Furman rips U.S. lawyers for stalling 2020 census question ruling 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z That updated massive make-work directive suggested the administration was not backing down. Eye of the storm: North Carolina is also at the heart of Trump’s voter suppression project 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Those directions have the feel of procedural make-work—and that’s what the decision is, in part—but the fact remains that the anti-gerrymandering cause is still alive. The Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering Decision Could Have Been Much Worse 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Many of the suggested jobs seem best described as make-work. Opinion | Bernie Sanders’s job guarantee: Is it a boondoggle? 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z This would, of course, create even more government jobs, at a special agency for making make-work. Opinion | Bernie Sanders wants you to have a good job. But there’s a catch. 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Otherwise, we engage in endless make-work projects for the military. Hunting Taliban and Islamic State Fighters, From 20,000 Feet 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Getting rid of make-work jobs for the Ivy League. Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The truth is, the State Department, like every other executive department, suffers from redundancies and make-work jobs. Opinion | All eyes are on Rex Tillerson 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z “Such a station is not necessary to return to the moon, and we do not need such a station to go to Mars,” Zubrin says, “this is a make-work project.” NASA Hires New Astronauts--but Where Will They Go? 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Something else stinks about the District’s ginkgo trees: Preventing the noxious fruit production of the females creates make-work that is squandering taxpayers’ money. Opinion | This ginkgo solution stinks 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z A less discussed option is make-work, like government-funded jobs gardening in parks or reading to older people. How to Beat the Robots 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z “The Libertarian Party is not a make-work problem for failed Republican governors. Bill Weld is trying to build up his reputation after multiple business ventures that failed and multiple novels that failed.” Experienced Libertarian ticket becomes a tough sell in Orlando 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Inmate pay may be as low as 17 cents an hour, for make-work jobs. The Prison-Commercial Complex 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Bowie was equally fascinated by the mundane and the bizarre, the accidental charges and the planned, grinding make-work. David Bowie was a vivid and gentle presence who never stopped exploring 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z In New Jersey, it’s illegal to pump your own gas — make-work jobs up and down the Turnpike. Uber mows down Bill de Blasio 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Underwood then goes on to propose a ludicrous $500 billion make-work program for the unemployed, but we’ll ignore that for now. Life Lessons From House Of Cards: "You Are Entitled To Nothing" 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Another suggested make-work of the sort that FDR tried during the Depression: goodbye self-service gas stations, welcome back attendants and someone to wipe the windshield. Technology disrupting the American Dream 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The government tried to create make-work jobs, but unemployment remained stubbornly high, and inflation rose. The Future of Tunisian Democracy 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Rollins said the machine advanced at only 1 foot an hour, so the job looked like make-work. Light-rail tunnel partnership sued by black laborers 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The United States may have to do something similar — make-work programs reminiscent of those, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, created in the Great Depression. Uber mows down Bill de Blasio 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z For all of its make-work characteristics, the infrastructure is actually quite vital for the conservative movement. Wingnut welfare’s new poster boy: How Chris McDaniel will be rewarded 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z But some of the Democratic Party’s deepest-pocketed donors have described Ready for Hillary as a make-work program for former Clinton hands. Planet Hillary 2014-01-24T10:00:04Z This activity is making it harder to focus on real work as opposed to make-work. Schumpeter: In praise of laziness 2013-08-15T15:00:16Z Instead of keeping workers in a holding pattern with make-work, their software pays workers to remain on standby until a real request arrives on their screen. Digital Domain: Apps Help Find Online Workers Quickly 2013-04-20T19:17:28Z On one hand, it does feel a bit like “make-work,” as my colleague put it—creating a destination just so we have somewhere to go. NASA Getting into the Asteroid-Moving Business 2013-04-09T18:45:00.413Z Now it means anything from a make-work scheme to an indifferent six-month sandwich course. Alan Sugar's attitude to apprenticeships is all too typical in Britain 2013-03-10T00:06:24Z A few dredged ponds and levelled footpaths are the only products of make-work schemes. Development in India: A tale of two villages 2012-11-15T16:05:22Z They worry and whittle away time on meaningless make-work. 3 Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs 2012-06-20T13:14:10Z Instead, she was given make-work that “required no creativity or intelligence,” she recalled. Helping Emiratis Succeed in the Private Sector 2011-11-02T22:50:08Z Two weeks before inauguration his op-ed in the Washington Post made it clear no make-work jobs on infrastructure. Infrastructure Spending Is Crucial For Jobs and Growth 2011-07-29T17:52:31Z As such, they are far more adept at dispensing make-work jobs than mastering the subtle nuances of early education. Head Start Doesn't Work 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z The system provides cheap food and make-work schemes for the poor. Development in India: A tale of two villages 2012-11-15T16:05:22Z State spending more likely goes to food subsidies and make-work programs than to cutting-edge infrastructure or technology, say economic analysts. Special Report: G-8: On the Heels of Revolution, Economic Realities Arrive 2011-05-25T20:19:15Z Otherwise, many infrastructure projects will end up resembling make-work, and house prices will fall. Can China Discover the Urge to Splurge? 2010-11-24T14:50:00Z Two weeks before inauguration his op-ed in the Washington Post made it clear no make-work jobs on infrastructure. Infrastructure Spending Is Crucial For Jobs and Growth 2011-07-29T17:52:31Z The task was really "an ill-conceived make-work assignment" devised for a young agent on a slow work day, the report concluded. Report criticizes FBI probes of activists 2010-09-20T18:42:00Z In addition, focusing on increasing the G.D.P. rather than on creating jobs is related to the notion that we need real jobs, jobs that are not make-work, jobs with a future. Economic View: Like New Deal, Stimulus Should Create Jobs Directly 2010-07-31T16:38:00Z Owners gripe that a government make-work scheme lures away their workers. Indian textiles: Stitched up 2010-07-29T10:55:00Z If you hire thousands of people on make-work jobs, then you are wasting their time. What We Don't Know, and Perhaps Can't 2010-06-01T11:11:00Z Criticised by opponents as simply creating make-work, the WPA built roads, campgrounds, improved trails in national parks, worked to counter eroding coastlines, built public libraries and swimming pools, and much else besides. Obama's unemployment opportunities | Sasha Abramsky 2010-04-03T12:00:00Z I've always been of the opinion that such projects as pyramids, whether they be in Yucatan or Egypt, are make-work affairs. Adaptation At forty-five, he had a good fifteen years more before he'd be retired to minor make-work jobs, doing the small chores as a sort of token in justification of his keep in his old age. The Destroyers |
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