make-work
1913年（形容词）； 1937年（名词），美国英语，“忙碌的工作，没有价值的活动”，源于动词表达式 to make work（见 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]
一场大火吞噬了一条街道； “这会让人忙起来，”我听到我父亲说； 一艘装满丝绸、皮革和布料的船在海上失踪了； “这会让人忙起来，”我父亲说； 一个水库坍塌了，冲走了城镇的中心。“这会让人忙起来，”我母亲说； 所以所有的人类灾难对我来说都是柔和的祝福； 它们让人“忙起来”，而工作带来了工资，工资带来了面包和土豆，还有衣服。[“The Radical Review”，芝加哥，1883年9月15日]
该词起源时间：1913年