idle的中文翻譯是什麼意思
idle
adj. 無意義的; 空閒的; 懶惰的; 無根據的
vi. 虛度; 空轉; 掛空擋; 未熄火
vt. 虛度; 使空轉
idle的柯林斯釋義
ADJ無事可做的;閒散的
If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work.
Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
由於原料短缺，員工們已將近一個月無事可做。
ADJ(機器、工廠等)閒置的
If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used.
Now the machine is lying idle.
如今機器閒置著。
...factories that had been idle for years.
已經閒置多年的工廠
ADJ懶散的;懶惰的;無所事事的
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...
無所事事、整天看報紙的官僚們
I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!
我一輩子都沒碰到過像他們這樣吃白飯的工人！
ADJ瑣碎無聊的;毫無意義的
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.
布賴恩又絮絮地嘮叨了5分鐘。
...idle curiosity.
無聊的好奇心
ADJ徒勞的;徒然的;無用的
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.
假裝系統完美無疵是徒勞的。
ADJ虛張聲勢的;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...
那其實是唬人的話。
His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
他的話不僅僅是虛張聲勢的自誇。
VERB無所事事;閒混;閒逛
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...
他們到他家後，斯科比閒逛了一會兒，抽完了他的香菸。
We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...
露天小市場的三面都有小餐館，我們在其中一家餐館閒呆了很長時間。
VERB使（工廠等）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.
停業的裝配廠
VERB使閒散;使無事可做
To idle workers means to stop them working.
The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罷工使約 55,000 名機械師無事可做。
VERB(發動機、車輛)空轉
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...
在樹林的那一邊,一架小飛機停在那裡,發動機在空轉。
Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.
她的戴姆勒豪華轎車原地待命,發動機在空轉。
idle的英文釋義
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
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
idle的同義詞辨析
idle, lazy
這兩個形容詞均有"閒散，懶惰"之意。
idle的短語
idle something away
荒廢，浪費，虛擲光陰
idle的場景例句
Mike doesn't study at all. Instead, he sits idle all day.
邁克根本不肯讀書, 相反地, 他終日遊手好閒.
Their friendship was turned to enmity through idle gossip.
無聊的閒言碎語使他們反目成仇.
She found knitting a comfortable employment in her idle hours.
她發現編織毛衣是悠閒時間消遣的好方式.
How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!
生活中有多少麻煩不都是由清談引起的麼.
I don't know why I asked — just idle curiosity.
我不知道我為什麼問這問題——只是出於無意義的好奇心吧.