◎ 單詞釋義

adj.無目的；無聊的; 懶惰的；閑散的; 無根據的

vt.虛度; 使空閑

vi.不作事；閑逛; (機器)空轉

副詞: idly 比較級: idler 最高級: idlest 名詞: idleness 過去式: idled 過去分詞: idled 現在分詞: idling 第三人稱單數: idles

懶惰的；懶散的；無所事事的，吊兒郎當的

空閑的；不忙的；無聊的；閑散的，悠閑的，無活動的

無根據的，無理由的

無益的，無價值的，無意義的

閑置的，未利用的

徒勞的，無效的，無用的

無目的的

不在工作的，失業的

【機】空轉的

【物】無功的，空載的

n.(名詞)

（發動機的）空轉，怠速，空載

v.(動詞)

讓（發動機等）空轉

虛度，浪費，混（常與away連用）

使空閑，使沒事干，使閑著

使閑置

閑逛，閑混，閑散，閑蕩

（機器）空轉，怠速運轉，慢轉，掛空擋

v.(動詞)

vt. & vi. 虛度,閑逛 waste time doing nothing

vt. & vi. 空轉 tick over

adj.(形容詞)

空閑的,閑著的 not working or operating productively

懶散的,無所事事的 lazy, wasting time

無根據的; 無聊的 not based on fact or good reason

[A]無意義的,無特別意圖的 having no particular purpose

noun

1. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

e.g. the car engine was running at idle

verb

1. run disconnected or idle

e.g. the engine is idling

Synonym: tick over

2. be idle
exist in a changeless situation

e.g. The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
He slugged in bed all morning

Synonym: lazeslugstagnate

adj

1. not in active use

e.g. the machinery sat idle during the strike
idle hands

Synonym: unused

2. not in action or at work

e.g. an idle laborer
idle drifters
the idle rich
an idle mind

3. not having a job

e.g. idle carpenters
jobless transients
many people in the area were out of work

Synonym: joblessout of work

4. not yielding a return

e.g. dead capital
idle funds

Synonym: dead

5. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

e.g. idle talk
a loose tongue

Synonym: loose

6. silly or trivial

e.g. idle pleasure
light banter
light idle chatter

Synonym: light

7. without a basis in reason or fact

e.g. baseless gossip
the allegations proved groundless
idle fears
unfounded suspicions
unwarranted jealousy

Synonym: baselessgroundlessunfoundedunwarrantedwild

1. 無事可做的;閑散的
If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work.

e.g. Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
由于原料短缺，員工們已將近一個月無事可做。

2. (機器、工廠等)閑置的
If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used.

e.g. Now the machine is lying idle.
如今機器閑置著。
e.g. ...factories that had been idle for years.
已經閑置多年的工廠

3. 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

e.g. ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
無所事事、整天看報紙的官僚們
e.g. 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！

idleness
Idleness is a very bad thing for human nature.
懶散是人性中很糟糕的一面。idly
We were not idly sitting around.
我們并非坐著沒事干。

4. 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.

idle

e.g. Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
布賴恩又絮絮地嘮叨了5分鐘。
e.g. ...idle curiosity.
無聊的好奇心

idly
We talked idly about magazines and baseball...
我們漫不經心地談論雜志和棒球。
'Has there been an accident?' Gary asked, idly curious.
“出什么事故了嗎?”加里問道，漫不經心又好奇。

5. 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.

e.g. It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
假裝系統完美無疵是徒勞的。

6. 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.

e.g. It was more of an idle threat than anything...
那其實是唬人的話。
e.g. His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
他的話不僅僅是虛張聲勢的自夸。

7. 無所事事;閑混;閑逛
If you idle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.

e.g. When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...
他們到他家后，斯科比閑逛了一會兒，抽完了他的香煙。
e.g. 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閑呆了很長時間。

8. 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.

e.g. ...idled assembly plants.
停業的裝配廠

in BRIT, usually use 英國英語通常用 shut down

9. 使閑散;使無事可做
To idle workers means to stop them working.

idle的意思

e.g. The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罷工使約 55,000 名機械師無事可做。

in BRIT, use 英國英語用 lay off

10. (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.

e.g. Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...
在樹林的那一邊,一架小飛機停在那里,發動機在空轉。
e.g. 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。

相關詞組：idle away

1. 空閑的：備份 節點不執行任務,被認為是 空閑的(idle這種配置有時被稱為 冷備份(cold standby). 這樣的配置需要高度的硬件冗余. 本系列文章關注的重點是冷備份配置. 接管(Takeover)配置:一種更高級的配置,在這種配置中,

v.(動詞)

idle的基本意思是指人不是把時間花在工作上,而是懶散、無目的地“虛度光陰”“閑逛”。本詞可用于強烈地責備,也可用于指正當的、愉快的行為。引申可表示機器等“空轉”。

idle既可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語; 用作不及物動詞時,常與about, around , away等連用。

v.(動詞)

idle, laze, loaf, loll, lounge

這組詞都可表示“無所事事”。它們之間的區別是:idle指人或物閑置無事或無目的、無意義地動作,含有指責的意味,有時也指正當的消遣; loaf指混日子或漫無目的地游蕩; lounge指懶洋洋地靠著或躺著,引申指閑逛或吊兒郎當地混日子; loll與lounge同意,但更強調懶散或無拘束的樣子; laze則側重于忙人在假日或空閑的時候閑散。

adj.(形容詞)

idle, lazy

這兩個詞的共同意思是“懶散的”。其區別是：

lazy指人的性情貪閑偷懶,松懈拖沓,在工作或學習上不勤奮或根本厭惡努力向上,一般用作貶義詞;idle多指人由于客觀原因而一時無事可做或物閑置他處,一般不含貶義,有時也指懶惰,但不如lazy常用。例如:

In that country many workers were unemployed and forced to remain idle.在那個國家有許多工人失業,被迫閑混。

He is a lazy fellow.Don't expect him to finish the work in time.他是個懶蛋,別指望他按時完成工作。

☆ 直接源自古英語的idel，意為空的，無用的。

以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語idle是什么意思的翻譯解釋，供大家參考一下。