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IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146
idle
aɪdəl ˈaɪdəl
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense idles, present participle idling, past tense , past participle idled
1 ADJ [verb-link ADJ] 无事可做的;闲散的 If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work. 无事可做的;闲散的

  • 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。

SYN unoccupied, unemployed, redundant, jobless
2 ADJ [verb-link ADJ] (机器、工厂等)闲置的 If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used. (机器、工厂等)闲置的

  • 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

SYN unused, stationary, inactive, out of order
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. 懒散的;懒惰的;无所事事的 [disapproval]

  • ...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！

SYN lazy, slow, slack, sluggish
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 [ADJ n] 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. 琐碎无聊的;毫无意义的

  • 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

SYN trivial, superficial, insignificant, frivolous
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 [it v-link ADJ to-inf] 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. 徒劳的;徒然的;无用的

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

    假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。

SYN useless, vain, pointless, hopeless
6 ADJ [ADJ n] 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. 虚张声势的;唬人的

  • 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。

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

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

    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. [VERB]

    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. [VERB adv./prep.]

    然后他就闲逛，浏览橱窗直到下午 5 点钟左右。

SYN do nothing, slack, hang out [informal] , languish
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. 使（工厂等）停工 [US, business] [Also VERB n]

  • ...idled assembly plants. [VERB-ed]

    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. 使闲散;使无事可做 [US, business]

  • The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists. [VERB noun]

    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. (发动机、车辆)空转

  • Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled. [VERB]

    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. [VERB]

    她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命,发动机在空转。

SYN tick over, be in neutral
Phrasal verbs:
idle away
Quotations
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Ancient Mariner
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do Jerome K. Jerome Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do Isaac Watts Divine Songs for Children
We would all be idle if we could Samuel Johnson
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all James Thurber Fables For Our Time
Thesaurus
Thesaurusidle Also look up:
ADJ.

inactive, jobless, shiftless, unemployed 1

lazy, passive, wasteful; (ant.) busy, productive 3

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IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146
idle

adjective¹

 1lazy懶散VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be懶散▸➤become變得懶散➤remain, stay無所事事；遊手好閒◇He never stayed idle for long.他閒散的時間從來不長。ADVERB➤bone (BrE, informal) 懶到骨頭裏◇She never lifts a finger to help. She's bone idle.她連動動手指幫個忙都從來不做，她就是個懶骨頭。
idle

adjective²

 2not in use閒置VERBS➤be, lie, sit, stand閒置；閒置不用◇Half of their machines are lying idle.他們的機器有一半閒置不用。◇The machines have been sitting idle since last year.那些機器去年以來一直閒置。◇The pumps are standing idle.那些泵閒置着。➤become閒置起來◇He did not let the factory become idle.他沒讓工廠閒置下來。➤remain仍然閒置▸➤leave sth任憑⋯閒置◇The land was left idle for years.那片地荒了好幾年了。
IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146
IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146
idle
Words used to describe extent of use: at full stretch, devoted, disuse...
Describing machines and pieces of equipment: all-singing, all-dancing, analog, analogue...
Not busy and not working: available, quiet, off-duty...
Lazy or slow to act: lazy, idle, indolent...
Careless and casual: careless, casual, complacency...
Not effective or useful and not working correctly: useless, ineffective, inefficient...
Lazy Behaviour: inertia, sloth, ...
Engine and machine behaviour: backfire, burn up, come to life...

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