一、詳細釋義:


adj.

(人)懈怠的,懶惰的


例句:

An idle person is the devil’s cushion. ——Robert Burton

懶惰的人是魔鬼的安慰?!D


例句:

Idle folks lack no excuses.

懶漢借口多。


(機器、工廠等)閑置的


例句:

Empiri-cally, the distinction between active and idle balances is elusive.

在實際生活中,活動余額和閑置余額的區(qū)別是難以捉摸的。


例句:

The factory machines lay idle during the workers' strike.

在工人罷工期間, 工廠的機器都閑置著. 。


(人)沒有工作的,閑散的


例句:

If you make idle, dissipated people your companions, you're sure to go the bad.

假若你結交上閑散、揮霍的人,你一定會墮落。


例句:

No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.

不管一個人多么富有,都不應該過著閑散的生活 。


漫無目的的,無效的,無用的


例句:

The idle, useless man, no matter to what extent his life may be prolonged, merely vegetates.

懶惰無用的人,不管壽命多長,也不過是飽食終日,虛度一生。


例句:

This is far from an idle suggestion.

這決不是無用的提議。


空閑的


例句:

To be idle sometimes is agreeable, but to be idle all the time might become monotonous.

一段時間空閑是令人愉快的,整日無所事事可能就單調(diào)乏味了。


例句:

After years of teaching, I have many memories to dwell on in idle moments.

過了許多年的教學生涯,我空閑時緬懷的往事很多。


v.

混時間,閑蕩,無所事事 [I,T]


例句:

He spends his time running idle.

他整天無所事事。


例句:

I will rather work than remain idle .

我寧可參加工作不可終日無所事事。


(發(fā)動機)空轉,掛空檔,未熄火 [I]


例句:

The engine is running idle.

發(fā)動機在空轉著。


例句:

When making the sewing machine run idle, remove the bobbin case and the bobbin since there is the possibility that thread is entangled in the hook.

縫紉機空轉時,有可能機線空繞而卷繞不到旋鎖上,因此請卸下梭殼和梭芯。


(尤指暫時地)關閉工廠,使(工人)閑著 [T]


例句:

These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.

這些機器自工廠關閉以來一直閑置著。


例句:

I have seen the closed factories and the stalled assembly lines of Anderson, Indiana and South Gate, California, and I have seen too many, far too many idle men and women desperate to work.

我看到了印第安納州安德森和加利福尼亞州南蓋特關閉的工廠和停工的生產(chǎn)線,我看到太多太多的人渴望工作。


二、詞義辨析:


idle,lazy

這兩個形容詞均有“閑散,懶惰”之意。 idle通常指不忙,無事可干,一般不含應責備之意。 lazy指好逸惡勞,貪閑偷懶,或不愿學習或工作等,常含應受責備之意。


三、相關短語:


idle talk

n. 閑談


idle pulley

空轉輪


idle wheel

空轉輪


四、參考例句:


Idle folks lack no excuses.

懶漢借口多。


Don't idle away your time.

不要虛度光陰。


Don't idle away your precious time.

不要把大好時光浪費掉。


I hate you to idle about.

我不喜歡你游手好閑。


I will rather work than remain idle .

我寧可參加工作不可終日無所事事。


He often spent time in idle dalliance.

他經(jīng)常浪蕩地消磨時間。


An idle soul shall suffer hunger.

懶惰之人必受饑餓之苦。


This is far from an idle suggestion.

這決不是無用的提議。


Many elderly people live an idle life.

許多老年人過著悠閑的生活。


Many people were idle during the depression. .

在經(jīng)濟不景氣時期,很多人都無事可做。