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adjectiveverb an idle student懒散的学生 to lie/stand/remain idle闲置着 Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle. 现在有超过百分之十的劳动力闲置。 idle chatter/curiosity无聊的唠叨／好奇 It was just an idle threat (= not serious). 那只不过是吓唬吓唬而已。 It is idle to pretend that their marriage is a success. 佯装他们的婚姻有多美满是无意义的。 In idle moments, he carved wooden figures. 他空闲时就刻木雕。 She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers. ‘The devil makes work for idle hands,’ she would say. 她认为那些违法活动是当地的无业青少年所为，总是说：“人一闲，惹麻烦。” Half their machines are lying idle. He did not let the factory become idle. He never stayed idle for long. She never lifts a finger to help. She’s bone idle. The land was left idle for years. The pumps are standing idle. idle something (+ adv./prep.) They idled the days away, talking and watching television. 他们天天在闲聊和看电视中消磨时光。 (+ adv./prep.) They idled along by the river (= walked slowly and with no particular purpose). 他们沿着河边闲逛。 She left the car idling at the roadside. 她把汽车挂空挡停在路边。 The strikes have idled nearly 4 000 workers. 罢工使近 4 000 名工人闲着没事干。 |