idle
adj
(-r, -st)
1
(a) doing or having no work; not employed 閑散的; 不工作的或沒有工作的
Many people were idle during the depression. 在那蕭條時期, 很多人都無事可做.
(b) not active or in use 閑置的
The factory machines lay idle during the workers' strike. 在工人罷工期間, 工廠的機器都閑置著.
2 (of time) not spent in doing sth (指時間)空閑的
We spent many idle hours just sitting in the sun. 我們在太陽地里呆呆坐了好幾個鐘頭.
3 (of people) avoiding work; lazy (指人)無所事事的, 懶散的, 懶惰的
an idle, useless student 懶散、 不成器的學生.
4 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
worthless or having no special purpose or effect; useless 無價值的; 徒然的; 無效的; 無用的
an idle threat/promise 說說而已的恐嚇[允諾]
idle curiosity/gossip/speculation 無聊的好奇[閑言碎語/胡思亂想]
It's idle to expect help from him. 指望他幫助只會是一場空.
5 (idm 習語) the devil makes work for idle hands => devil1. idle, v
1 [I, Ip] ~ (about) do nothing; waste time; be idle 無所事事; 浪費時光; 閑蕩
Stop idling and help me clean up. 別游手好閑的, 來幫我打掃打掃吧.
2 [I] (of an engine) run slowly in neutral gear or without doing work (指發(fā)動機)掛空擋, 空轉(zhuǎn).
3 (phr v) idle sth away waste (time) 虛度(光陰)
idle away the hours watching TV 把時間浪費在看電視上.
?? 考研助記
愛抖(諧音): 無事可做,就愛發(fā)抖 懶惰的偶像(idol音同) a young idle ,an old beggar 網(wǎng)友:yqy 補充:“挨dou(到,文言)”:挨到一起的人--空閑的人