make-work 的詞源
make-work
1913年(形容詞); 1937年(名詞),美國英語,“忙碌的工作,沒有價值的活動”,源於動詞表達式 to make work(見 make(v.)+ work(n.))。
A big fire devoured a street; "It will make work," I heard my father say; a ship was lost at sea laden with silk, and leather, and cloth; "It will make work," said my father; a reservoir broke jail, and swept the heart of the town away. "It will make work," my mother said; so all human calamities were softened blessings to me; they made "work," and work made wages, and wages made bread and potatoes, and clothes for me. ["The Radical Review," Chicago, Sept. 15, 1883]
一場大火吞噬了一條街道; “這會讓人忙起來,”我聽到我父親說; 一艘裝滿絲綢、皮革和布料的船在海上失蹤了; “這會讓人忙起來,”我父親說; 一個水庫坍塌了,沖走了城鎮的中心。“這會讓人忙起來,”我母親說; 所以所有的人類災難對我來說都是柔和的祝福; 它們讓人“忙起來”,而工作帶來了工資,工資帶來了麪包和土豆,還有衣服。[“The Radical Review”,芝加哥,1883年9月15日]
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