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idle
[英] [ˈaidl] [美] [ˈaɪdl] 生词本

adj.

vi.

vt.

n.

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1. ADJ 无事可做的;闲散的 If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work. 

  • Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.

    由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。

2. ADJ (机器、工厂等)闲置的 If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used. 

  • Now the machine is lying idle.

    如今机器闲置着。

  • ...factories that had been idle for years.

    已经闲置多年的工厂

3. ADJ 懒散的;懒惰的;无所事事的 If you say that someone is idle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be. 

  • ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...

    无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们

  • I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!

    我一辈子都没碰到过像他们这样吃白饭的工人！

idleness

  • Idleness is a very bad thing for human nature.

    懒散是人性中很糟糕的一面。

idly

  • We were not idly sitting around.

    我们并非坐着没事干。

4. ADJ 琐碎无聊的;毫无意义的 Idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do. 

  • Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.

    布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。

  • ...idle curiosity.

    无聊的好奇心

idly

  • We talked idly about magazines and baseball...

    我们漫不经心地谈论杂志和棒球。

  • 'Has there been an accident?' Gary asked, idly curious.

    “出什么事故了吗?”加里问道，漫不经心又好奇。

5. ADJ 徒劳的;徒然的;无用的 If you say that it is idle to do something, you mean that it is not worth doing it, because it will not achieve anything. 

  • It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.

    假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。

6. ADJ 虚张声势的;唬人的 You refer to an idle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say. 

  • It was more of an idle threat than anything...

    那其实是唬人的话。

  • His statement isn't merely an idle boast.

    他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。

7. VERB 无所事事;闲混;闲逛 If you idle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular. 

  • When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...

    他们到他家后，斯科比闲逛了一会儿，抽完了他的香烟。

  • We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...

    露天小市场的三面都有小餐馆，我们在其中一家餐馆闲呆了很长时间。

  • He idled around afterwards, window shopping until about 5pm.

    然后他就闲逛，浏览橱窗直到下午 5 点钟左右。

8. VERB 使（工厂等）停工 To idle a factory or other place of work means to close it down because there is no work to do or because the workers are on strike. 

  • ...idled assembly plants.

    停业的装配厂

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 shut down
9. VERB 使闲散;使无事可做 To idle workers means to stop them working. 

  • The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.

    罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 lay off
10. VERB (发动机、车辆)空转 If an engine or vehicle is idling, the engine is running slowly and quietly because it is not in gear, and the vehicle is not moving. 

  • Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...

    在树林的那一边,一架小飞机停在那里,发动机在空转。

  • Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.

    她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命,发动机在空转。

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idle away 
Verb

1. run disconnected or idle;

  • "the engine is idling"

2. be idle; exist in a changeless situation;

  • "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
  • "He slugged in bed all morning"
Adjective

1. not in action or at work;

  • "an idle laborer"
  • "idle drifters"
  • "the idle rich"
  • "an idle mind"

2. without a basis in reason or fact;

  • "baseless gossip"
  • "the allegations proved groundless"
  • "idle fears"
  • "unfounded suspicions"
  • "unwarranted jealousy"

3. not in active use;

  • "the machinery sat idle during the strike"
  • "idle hands"

4. silly or trivial;

  • "idle pleasure"
  • "light banter"
  • "light idle chatter"

5. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;

  • "idle talk"
  • "a loose tongue"

6. not yielding a return;

  • "dead capital"
  • "idle funds"

7. not having a job;

  • "idle carpenters"
  • "jobless transients"
  • "many people in the area were out of work"

法律

  • 1.无根据的
  • 2.闲散
  • 3.无效

计算机

  • 1.空)闲，空(转)，无效；【微软】空闲时间，等待状态
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1. A young man idle,an old man needy.
少时闲混，老来穷困。

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2. All of us are busy over our work and nobody is idle.
我们现在都正忙着，一个闲人也没有。

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3. An idle person will never find or understand real happiness.
一个懒汉永远找不到也永远不懂得真正的幸福。

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4. Do not idle about like this and do something useful.
别再这样闲混下去了，做些有益的事吧！

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5. Don't idle away your precious time.
别闲磨大好时光！

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6. Don't idle away your time.
不要浪费时间。

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7. Don't let state funds lie idle.
不要积压国家资金。

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8. Don't let the machine stand idle!
别让机器闲着！

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9. He indulged in idle fancy.
他沉溺于幻想之中。

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10. He is conscientious and diligent, and is never idle.
他是个勤谨人，整天闲不住。

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11. How can one sit idle and enjoy the fruits of others' labour?
怎能坐享其成？

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12. How can you do your business if you just idle and do no decent work?
你成天游手好闲，不务正业，还能做好自己的本职工作？

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13. How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!
生活中有多少麻烦不都是由清谈引起的么。

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14. I can not suffer you to be idle.
我不能让你偷懒。

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15. I don't know why I asked—just idle curiosity.
我不知道我为什么问这问题——只是出于无意义的好奇心吧。

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16. Mike doesn't study at all.Instead, he sits idle all day.
迈克根本不肯读书，相反地，他终日游手好闲。

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17. Mr. Lorry had been idle a lo and had just poured out his last glassful of wine complete an appearance of satisfaction as is ever to be found in an elderly gentleman of a fresh complexion who has got to the end of a bottle, when a rattling of wheels came up the narrow street, and rumbled into the inn-yard.
罗瑞先生已经悠闲了许久，刚带着心满意足的神情斟上最后一杯。这位因喝完了足足一瓶酒而容光焕发的老年绅士露出了完全满足的神态。此时那狭窄的街道上却响起了辚辚的车轮声，然后隆隆的车声便响进了院子。

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18. She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers.'The devil makes work for idle hands,' she would say.
她把这些犯罪归咎于当地无业青少年。她总是说，“游手好闲者，惹是生非人”。

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19. She found knitting a comfortable employment in her idle hours.
她发现编织毛衣是悠闲时间消遣的好方式。

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20. The teacher flayed the idle students.
老师严责那些懒惰的学生。

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