| 单词 | idle |
| 释义 | i·dle1 /ˈaɪdl/ ●○○ adjective 1 not working or producing anything 不工作的；闲置的 OPP busy I cannot afford to leave the land lying idle. 我不能让土地闲置。 The whole team stood idle, waiting for the mechanic. 整队人干站着等技工来。 The workers have been idle for the last six months. 最近六个月工人们都很闲。2 not serious, or not done with any definite intention 不认真的；漫无目的的 She was not a woman to make idle threats. 她不是只会空口威胁的人。idle chatter/talk/gossip etc 无聊的唠叨/闲谈/闲话等 It was only from idle curiosity that she went into the barn. 她进仓库只是出于无聊的好奇心。3 lazy 懒散的，懒惰的 Go and wake up that idle brother of yours. 去把你那懒哥哥叫起来。 RegisterIdle sounds rather old-fashioned and literary. In everyday English, people usually say lazy: idle 听起来相当过时，而且文学味很重。在日常英语中，人们一般说 lazyShe's not stupid, just lazy. 她不笨，就是懒。4 it is idle to do something it is not worth doing something, because nothing will be achieved 做某事毫无意义 It would be idle to deny that progress was made. 否定所取得的进步毫无意义。5. the idle rich rich people who do not have to work 游手好闲的富人 —idleness noun [uncountable] —idly adverb They sat chatting idly. 他们坐着闲聊。 I cannot stand idly by and let him take the blame. 我不能袖手旁观，让他承担责任。Examples from the Corpusidle• Why is millions of pounds worth of state-of-the-art equipment lying idle?• Almost half the skilled workers in this country are now idle.• Scientology is a cereal-box religion, and reading Ron is an idle diversion that quickly becomes annoying.• Most of the factory stood idle during the strike.• The new machines may sit idle for months until they have been paid for.• She had no time for idle gossip as she had to do all the work herself.• idle gossip• As Tallis ran towards him she thought, with idle horror, that he looked as if he was praying.• They closed a few plants and decided to use the idle machinery to make plastic chips for cigarette filters.• Doctors are not idle men, Miss Thorne, and you are a fit woman.• That husband of hers is bone idle. No wonder the house is such a mess.• Hundreds of workers sat idle on the factory floor waiting for the assembly line to start again.• Painting is a favorite hobby of the idle rich.• The factory has been idle since May.• Exactly when we might end our voyage was largely a matter of idle speculation.• Wake up that idle young brother of yours and tell him it's time for school!lying idle• Is it simply a transfer from the customer's bank account to building society account of money that was lying idle?• Millions of pounds worth of state-of-the-art equipment is lying idle.• Simple economics - I can't afford to leave it lying idle.• By 1985 at least half of them were lying idle, stored in warehouses because of shortages of skills and software programmes.• Environment spokesman Jack Straw said £5 billion was lying idle while thousands were forced to sleep on the streets.idle threats• She was not a woman to make idle threats.• I knew it was just idle threats, but a lot wouldn't have - they'd have been distraught.idle2 verb 1 [intransitive]TTSLOW if an engine idles, it runs slowly while the vehicle, machine etc is not moving 〔发动机等〕空转 He flicked a switch and let the boat idle. 他啪的一声按下开关，让船的发动机空转。2 [intransitive]NOT DO something to spend time doing nothing 无所事事，闲混 Sometimes he went for a walk; sometimes he just idled. 有时他去散散步，有时他纯粹是无所事事。3 [transitive] American EnglishUSE something to stop using a factory or stop providing work for your workers, especially temporarily 〔尤指暂时地〕使〔工厂〕闲置；使〔工人〕闲着 SYN shut down The company has idled a number of its US plants indefinitely. 公司已经无限期地关闭了一些在美国的工厂。4 idle something ↔ away phrasal verb LAZYto spend time in a relaxed way, doing nothing 虚度〔光阴〕，消磨〔时间〕 They idled their time away in the pub. 他们在酒吧里消磨时光。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusidle• My car starts easily, but it sounds rough when it idles.• Cars and pickups and vans idle around him.• Ryan Klesko sat Wednesday, his smoldering bat idled by a sore right wrist.• GM announced it would idle four assembly plants.• Frick idled his way along the corridor, looking in through various windows.• The clutch engaged, the engine idled in a terrible calm.• At the kerb the taxi's diesel engine idled noisily as a passenger's face peered uncertainly through the window.• Lily idled on the window seat.• A skiff idling up beside a Sea and Shore Department cutter.From Longman Business Dictionaryidlei‧dle1 /ˈaɪdl/ adjective not active or being usedToday, its airplane manufacturing plants are largely idle.Carefully planned loading can reduce idle time (=time when people or machines are not working).idleidle2 verb [transitive] American English to stop using a factory or stop providing work for your workers, especially temporarilyThe company has reduced its workforce and indefinitely idled a number of its US plants.→ See Verb tableOrigin idle1 Old English ideli·dle1 adjective →REGISTER1idle2 verbChineseSyllable Business anything not working producing Corpus or |
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