I would rather be remembered by my deeds. There are better USES for the kingdoms resources than feckless expressions of vanity.(我寧愿因為我的所作所為而被銘記。相比沒價值的虛榮心，國家的資源應該有更好的用處。)

Had Seth noticed how, in Patty's stories, the discipline always came from Walter, as if Patty were just some feckless bystander whose job was to be cute?(在帕蒂的故事里，總是由沃爾特來管教孩子，就好像帕蒂只不過是個不相關的旁觀者，難道說她這個媽媽的責任就是要表現得可愛，這些賽斯注意到了嗎？)

SOCIETIES have often distinguished between the deserving poor (afflicted by sickness or disability) and the undeserving sort (the feckless and workshy).(社會通常會區分值得幫助的窮人（他們飽受疾病或殘疾折磨）和不值得幫助的窮人（這類人沒有責任感而且不喜歡工作）。)

Indifference towards the sacrament of marriage appears strongest among the elderly, not the feckless young.(對婚姻的神圣性最為不在乎的并非是多變的年輕人，而是年老的一代。)

He regarded the young man as feckless and irresponsible.(他認為這個年輕人軟弱而且不負責任。)

They think people who change their jobs frequently are feckless. They believe that the only way to success is to stick to one job, for constant practice in a professional field helps make an expert.(許多人喜歡一生中做一件工作，他們認為經常換工作的人軟弱無能，他們相信成功的唯一途徑就是堅持一項工作，因為在一個專業領域里不斷的實踐有助于專家的形成。)

Why should prudent Germans subsidise feckless Greeks, the discourse now runs?(有人會說，嚴謹的德國人為什么要貼補不負責任的希臘人？)

BELIEVE the headlines and Europe's worst economic headache by far is Greece, financially feckless and socially volatile.(料想新聞頭條以及歐洲最麻煩的經濟問題，到目前為止仍是希臘，經濟萎靡，社會動蕩。)

He was a great admirer of the poetry of plain speech. He despised mere feckless adornments of language or thought.(他欣賞語句樸實的適合，對于一些無用的語言或者思想的修飾感到厭惡。)

But what they detest is the idea that it might let feckless Italians and Portuguese off the hook.(但是他們討厭他們實行的解救歐元區的計劃也會讓意大利和葡萄牙擺脫困境。)

We'd left our topcoats at home, but kids are ever feckless.