loose end

noun

1. （故事等）悬念，未了结的部分，未交代清楚的情节
   a part of sth such as a story that has not been completely finished or explained
   1. The play has too many loose ends.
      这部剧未作交代的东西太多。
   2. There are still a few loose ends to tie up (= a few things to finish) .
      还有几件小事需要了结。

1. N-COUNT （故事、情况、罪案等）有待解释的地方，未了结的部分
   A loose end is part of a story, situation, or crime that has not yet been explained.
   1. There are some annoying loose ends in the plot.
      情节中有些地方没有交代清楚，甚为讨厌。
2. PHRASE 百无聊赖；无所事事；不知做什么好（美国英语中通常作at loose ends）
   If you are at a loose end, you are bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose ends .
   1. Adolescents are most likely to get into trouble when they're at a loose end.
      青少年无所事事的时候最容易惹出麻烦来。

1. There are some annoying loose ends in the plot.
   情节中有些地方没有交代清楚，甚为讨厌。
2. Adolescents are most likely to get into trouble when they're at a loose end.
   青少年无所事事的时候最容易惹出麻烦来。
3. The second loose end we left in the article is the question of why, if a validation method is actually part of a backing bean, its value must be generically evaluated with a component association.
   我们在本文中留下的第二个问题是：既然验证方法实际上是backingbean的一部分，那么为什么通常必须利用组件关联来判断它的值。
4. In these situations, when we have free time, but we don't know what to do with it, we say we are at a loose end.
   当我们有空却不知道做些什么打发的时候，我们就可以称这种情况为atalooseend，无事可做，闲着。
5. A: Oh, he had to cancel, so I'm at a loose end.
   A：噢，他有事取消了，所以现在我没事做了。
6. Lacking the information needed for their project, they were for a time truly at a loose end.
   由于那项工程缺乏必要的资料，他们一时不知如何是好。
7. Use the left thumb and forefinger to grab the loose right end, then the right thumb and middle finger can grab the loose left end.
   用左手拇指和食指抓住松散的右端，然后右手拇指和中指可以抓住松散离开结束。
8. Mary was at a loose end yesterday afternoon. eventually, she telephoned Daphne and arranged to go to the cinema with her.
   玛丽昨天下午没事干，最后打电话给戴夫妮，约她一块去看电影。
9. It's nice and cool here. Let's sit down and have a rest. Come and see us if you're at a loose end.
   这里凉快，坐下来歇会儿。闲着的时候到我们这儿来坐坐。
10. Repeat steps ( 3) through ( 6) to wrap the blue loose end around the yellow loop, feed through the hole and pull tight to complete the second stage.
    重复步骤（3）通过（6）包装的蓝松年底左右的黄色环，通过饲料和拉孔紧，完成第二阶段。
11. Continue wrapping in this fashion until you reach the top of the "lobes". Then run the loose end through one lobe, then the other, twice.
    持续这样编制直到你编到叶的顶端。然后把松开的一端穿过一个叶接着在穿过另一个，反复两次。
12. Otherwise, monetary policy will remain too loose, blowing bubbles that will ultimately end in another painful slump.
    否则，货币政策仍将过于宽松，从而吹大泡沫，最终以新一轮的痛苦滑坡收场。
13. The peak dropped instantly, a great belly of loose canvas floated broad upon the water; The outermost end of a gaff.
    桁端的帆角立刻落了下来，松弛的船帆像个巨大的鼓起的肚子一样漂在水面上。
14. Why don't you come and stay with us at the weekend if you're at a loose end.
    周末如果你有空，为何不来与我们呆在一起。
15. This move creates two loops, one with the loose end behind, the other with the loose end in front.
    此举创造了两个循环，一个松散结束后，其他的松散年底在前面。
16. Pump impeller loose, grinding to pump out the bottom end caps.
    水泵叶轮松动，磨到水泵出水底端盖。
17. "My tutor went home last year, so I'm at a loose end myself for the time being."
    “我因业师上年回家去了，也现荒废着呢.”
18. They left the matter at a loose end.
    此事他们未作了结。
19. The grain is cast to size such that it is a slightly loose fit, and is loaded into the motor from the head end.
    粮食是投以大小等，这是一个稍微宽松的适合，并加载到汽车，从头部到底。
20. I had a line about my waist, and followed obediently after the sea-cook, who held the loose end of the rope, now in his free hand, now between his powerful teeth.
    他时而腾出一只手捉住疏松的绳子的另一端，时而用牙齿牢牢咬住不放。
21. Not knowing what was going to happen to me, or how rapidly the disease would progress, I was a loose end.
    不知道将会有什么发生在我身上，也不知道我得的这个病的进展如何，我完全没有着落。
22. He was at a loose end.
    他当时无所事事。
23. Weave the loose end on the right around and behind the right lobe of the pretzel.
    把右侧松开的一端，从后方绕过椒盐卷饼的右侧叶。
24. Use the middle finger of the right hand to push the loose end of the right lace behind, whilst the left hand simply rotates forwards to swing its loop across to the right.
    使用中指，右手把松散的结束花边背后的权利，而只是左手旋转前锋摇摆不定的循环跨越的权利。
25. Disconnect the other wire from the bulb holder, and clip the loose end to the lead of the pencil.
    将另外那条电线连接灯泡底座那端移开，然后夹到铅笔的「铅」上。
26. And I'm thinking about the one loose end I haven't tied up.
    我还想起了一件还没有了结的案子。
27. The band drawing mechanism is composed of a band clamping slide block and a band drawing feed screw connected with a loose pin at one end of the slide block.
    抽带机构由一个夹带滑块和与滑块一端活销接的抽带丝杠组成。
28. Based on the dynamic and kinematic characteristics of stress wave and combined with working technique along with a large quantity of detection results, a diagnosis is conducted for the signs caused by rift, fissure, hole, intercalated mud, loose pile end, etc.
    依据应力波的动力学和运动学特征，结合施工工艺和大量的检测结果对桩身浅部的断裂、裂缝、空洞、夹泥、桩头疏松等异常信号进行判别。
29. Second, it analyses the relation between the sag and the tension of the loose side chain at the head end unit of AFC, upon which the control system circuit was designed and the experiments was made.
    其次分析了机头链轮松边链条的悬垂量与张力的关系，并在此基础上设计了控制系统电路并进行实验；

n.

at a loose end

• 无所事事；无事可做
  having nothing to do and not knowing what you want to do
  1. Come and see us, if you're at a loose end.
     你要是闲着无事就来我们这儿坐坐吧。

noun

1. work that is left incomplete

   Synonym:    unfinished business