idle

核心词汇  
['aɪdl]     ['aɪdl]    
  • adj. 无目的;无聊的; 懒惰的;闲散的; 无根据的
  • vt. 虚度; 使空闲
  • vi. 不作事;闲逛; (机器)空转
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idle的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

详尽释义

adj. (形容词)
  1. 懒惰的;懒散的;无所事事的,吊儿郎当的
  2. 空闲的;不忙的;无聊的;闲散的,悠闲的,无活动的
  3. 无根据的,无理由的
  4. 无益的,无价值的,无意义的
  5. 闲置的,未利用的
  6. 徒劳的,无效的,无用的
  7. 无目的的
  8. 不在工作的,失业的
  9. 【机】空转的
  10. 【物】无功的,空载的
n. (名词)
  1. (发动机的)空转,怠速,空载
v. (动词)
  1. 让(发动机等)空转
  2. 虚度,浪费,混(常与away连用)
  3. 使空闲,使没事干,使闲着
  4. 使闲置
  5. 闲逛,闲混,闲散,闲荡
  6. (机器)空转,怠速运转,慢转,挂空挡

双解释义

v. (动词)
  1. vt. & vi. 虚度,闲逛 waste time doing nothing
  2. vt. & vi. 空转 tick over
adj. (形容词)
  1. 空闲的,闲着的 not working or operating productively
  2. 懒散的,无所事事的 lazy, wasting time
  3. 无根据的; 无聊的 not based on fact or good reason
  4. [A]无意义的,无特别意图的 having no particular purpose

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling;

    "the car engine was running at idle"

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"

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"

idle的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)
  1. Being at an idle end,we often go to and look around the shops.
    闲来无事,我们常去逛逛商店。
  2. Idle folks have the least leisure.
    懒惰的人最没空闲。
  3. No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.
    不管一个人多么富有,都不应该过着闲散的生活。
  4. I never believe idle reports.
    我从来不信捕风捉影的传闻。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
  1. The strike idled many workers.
    罢工使许多工人没事干。
  2. It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome, British humorist)
    除非有大量的工作,否则就不可能尽情享受空闲时光。(英国幽默家杰罗姆)
用作不及物动词 (vi.)
  1. I hate you to idle about.
    我不喜欢你游手好闲。
  2. We should not idle away our valuable time in the claver.
    我们不应该把宝贵的时间消磨在闲谈之中。
  3. He is always idling about street corners.
    他总是在街道角落那闲逛。
  4. "You're perfectly right when you say that one shouldn't let one's machinery lie idle and go rusty!
    “你这话对极了,机器搁着就生锈!

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)
idle about〔around〕1 (v.+adv.)
    虚度时光 spend time lazily
    idle about

    Don't idle about.

    不要闲逛。

    There was no work in the office this afternoon so everyone idled about.

    今天下午办公室里无事,所以大家都闲着。

    She is a very active sort of person and can't bear to see others idling around.

    她是那种积极肯干的人,看不惯别人的懒散。

idle about〔around〕2 (v.+prep.)
    在…附近闲逛 waste time around some place
    idle about〔around〕 sth

    He is always idling about street corners.

    他老是在街头角落闲逛。

    He idled around the house all morning.

    他一上午都在房子附近闲逛。

idle away (v.+adv.)
    空转 (of a car) to run very slowly without being connected to the wheels, continuously or for some time

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词 ~+副词 ~+介词
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词 动词+~

经典引文

  • It is idle to propose remedies, before we are assured of the disease.

    出自: Swift
  • I'm sorry. It was just idle curiosity.

    出自: A. Trew
  • A clear brown brook idles through the pastures.

    出自: W. D. Howells
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