idly的中文翻译是什么意思

idly

US/ˈaɪdlɪ/
UK/ˈaɪdli/

adv. 懒惰地; 无所事事地; 闲着; 无益地

idly柯林斯释义

ADJ无事可做的;闲散的

If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work.

  • 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。

ADJ(机器、工厂等)闲置的

If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used.

  • 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

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.

  • ...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!

ADJ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.

  • 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

ADJ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.

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

    假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。

ADJ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.

  • 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。

VERB无所事事;闲混;闲逛

If you idle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.

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

    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...

    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。

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.

  • ...idled assembly plants.

    停业的装配厂

VERB使闲散;使无事可做

To idle workers means to stop them working.

  • The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.

    罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。

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.

  • Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...

    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.

    她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命,发动机在空转。

idly英文释义

Adverb

1. in an idle manner;

  • this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people

idly场景例句

It became apparent that Dobrynin had not threatened idly.

情况变得明显起来,多勃雷宁并没有空洞地进行威吓.

As they walked, Brown and Polack talked idly.

布朗和波兰克一边走, 一边还说着闲话.

We must not let our youth slip idly by.

我们不能让青春虚度.

The government of this country gave warning that she could not sit idly by in the event of war.

该国政府发出警告如果战争爆发,她将不会置之不理.

The satraps of Capitol Hill will not sit idly by ( David Nyhan )

国会山的官员们不会闲坐一边的 ( 戴维尼汉 )

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