idleness

1. ADJ 无事可做的;闲散的
   If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work.
   1. 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。
2. ADJ (机器、工厂等)闲置的
   If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used.
   1. Now the machine is lying idle.
      如今机器闲置着。
   2. ...factories that had been idle for years.
      已经闲置多年的工厂
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.
   1. ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
      无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
   2. 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！
4. 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.
   1. Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
      布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
   2. ...idle curiosity.
      无聊的好奇心
5. 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.
   1. It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
      假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
6. 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.
   1. It was more of an idle threat than anything...
      那其实是唬人的话。
   2. His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
      他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
7. VERB 无所事事;闲混;闲逛
   If you idle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. He idled around afterwards, window shopping until about 5pm.
      然后他就闲逛，浏览橱窗直到下午 5 点钟左右。
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.
   1. ...idled assembly plants.
      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.
   1. The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
      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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

1. Braccio was a hater of idleness.
   布拉乔痛恨游手好闲。
2. He can't bear idleness.
   闲着不干事他可受不了。
3. Thoreau loved to recall such sunny hours and summer days when idleness was the most attractive and productive business.
   梭罗喜欢回忆这样的艳阳天和夏日，慵懒是最迷人也是最具生产力的事情！
4. Thus, idleness is the mother.
   因此，懒惰是母亲。
5. Henceforth I know that to court idleness is to steal food, clothing and warmth from those I love.
   我终于醒悟到，懒惰是偷食物，衣服和从我所爱之人。
6. The necessity of making a living disentranced him from his idleness.
   必需谋生使他从怠惰中觉醒。
7. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
   闲散，如同接吻，必须是偷来的才够甜蜜。
8. There are but few men who have character enough to lead a life of idleness.
   只有极少数的人具有那种能够怠惰无为地度过其一生的性格。
9. We'll do it better tomorrow, I told myself, excusing our idleness.
   我对自己说，明天我们会做得好些的，以此来为我们的懒惰开脱。
10. I passed my time in idleness.
    我把我的时间闲混过去了。
11. He thinks that poverty is a punishment for idleness and indolence.
    他认为贫困是对游手好闲和好逸恶劳的一种惩罚。
12. They weltered in pleasure and idleness.
    他们沉溺于享乐和闲逸中。
13. Luck and idleness gave me my first chance.
    运气和懒惰给了我第一个机会。
14. Don't waste of your time because of your idleness.
    更不要因为你的懒惰浪费你的时间。
15. He dislikes dancing, idleness and insubordination; he observes scenery with the tactical coldness of a sniper.
    他不喜欢跳舞、无所事事与桀骜不驯；他以一个狙击手的职业性冷漠淡然观看着周围的一切。
16. He was fired by his boss as a product of idleness.
    他被老板辞掉了，这是他怠惰的报应。
17. But for his idleness, he would be a good pupil.
    如果不懒惰，他本来可以成为一个优秀学生。
18. While an undergraduate he published his first book of poems hours of idleness.
    他在大学读书时，就出版了第一本诗集《闲散的时光》。
19. The workers disguised their idleness with a show of hard work whenever the supervisor looded their way.
    每当监工朝着这些工人们看的时候，他们就做出努力工作的样子来掩饰他们的怠惰。
20. He seems to think that poverty is a punishment for idleness.
    他似乎认为，贫困是对懒惰的一种惩罚。
21. Love is the business of the idle but idleness of the busy.
    爱情是闲者的正事，忙者的“忙里偷闲”。
22. Work is surely better than idleness.
    工作肯定比无所事事好。
23. Grief, Sir, is a species of idleness.
    先生，悲哀是懒惰的一种。
24. Idleness spawns discontent, whereas overwork leads to mental and physical exhaustion.
    懒惰滋生不满，而过度工作导致精神和身体的疲劳。
25. But idleness predominates in many lives where it is not suspected;
    懒散主宰了许多人的生活，而不为人所知；
26. My father often admonished me against idleness.
    我父亲常常告诫我不要懒惰。
27. Idleness is the root of all vice.
    懒惰是罪恶之根源。

noun

1. having no employment

   Synonym:    idlingloafing

2. the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

   Synonym:    faineance

3. the quality of lacking substance or value
   1. the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized

   Synonym:    groundlessness