idle

The strikes have idled nearly 4 000 workers.

罷工使近4 000名工人閑著沒事干。

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She left the car idling at the roadside.

她把汽車掛空擋停在路邊。

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They idled along by the river (= walked slowly and with no particular purpose) .

他們沿著河邊閑逛。

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They idled the days away, talking and watching television.

他們天天在閑聊和看電視中消磨時(shí)光。

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[不可數(shù)名詞]After a period of enforced idleness, she found a new job.

她在被迫閑散了一段時(shí)間之后，找到了份新工作。

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In idle moments, he carved wooden figures.

他空閑時(shí)就刻木雕。

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It is idle to pretend that their marriage is a success.

佯稱他們的婚姻有多美滿是無意義的。

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It was just an idle threat (= not serious) .

那只不過是嚇唬嚇唬而已。

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idle chatter/curiosity

無聊的嘮叨 / 好奇

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Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.

現(xiàn)在有超過百分之十的勞動(dòng)力閑置。

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to lie/stand/remain idle

閑置著

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an idle student

懶散的學(xué)生

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Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.

她的戴姆勒豪華轎車原地待命,發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)在空轉(zhuǎn)。

The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.

罷工使約 55,000 名機(jī)械師無事可做。

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

在樹林的那一邊,一架小飛機(jī)停在那里,發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)在空轉(zhuǎn)。

...idled assembly plants.

停業(yè)的裝配廠

We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...

露天小市場(chǎng)的三面都有小餐館，我們?cè)谄渲幸患也宛^閑呆了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。

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

他們到他家后，斯科比閑逛了一會(huì)兒，抽完了他的香煙。

His statement isn't merely an idle boast.

他的話不僅僅是虛張聲勢(shì)的自夸。

It was more of an idle threat than anything...

那其實(shí)是唬人的話。

It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.

假裝系統(tǒng)完美無疵是徒勞的。

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

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！

...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...

無所事事、整天看報(bào)紙的官僚們

...factories that had been idle for years.

已經(jīng)閑置多年的工廠

Now the machine is lying idle.

如今機(jī)器閑置著。

Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.

由于原料短缺，員工們已將近一個(gè)月無事可做。