idle

　　這兩個形容詞均有 閑散，懶惰 之意。

　　idle 通常指不忙，無事可干，一般不含應責備之意。

　　lazy 指好逸惡勞，貪閑偷懶，或不愿學習或工作等，常含應受責備之意。

　　參考例句

　　1. I waited in the car while idling the engine.

　　我在汽車里待著而讓發動機空轉著。

　　2. Software can no longer, in good conscience, waste so much idle time while users work.

　　憑良心說，軟件再也不能在用戶工作時浪費這么多空閑時間了。

　　3. So shops are mostly empty in the mornings and idle employees sit around by open doors and windows.

　　因此商店里早晨大多沒有客人，空閑的店員們就坐在敞開的門和窗戶附近乘涼。

　　雙語釋義

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

　　例：4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year.

　　4千名工人在今年最初的27個星期中有12個星期無事可干。

　　2.ADJ If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used. 閑置的

　　例：Now the machine is lying idle.

　　現在這臺機器正處于閑置狀態。

　　3.ADJ If you say that someone is idle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be. 無所事事的

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

　　整天看報紙，無所事事的官僚們。

　　4.idly ADV 無所事事地

　　例：We were not idly sitting around.

　　我們并非坐著沒事干。

　　5.ADJ Idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do. 無聊的

　　例：Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.

　　布賴恩又無聊地閑扯了5分鐘。

　　6.idly ADV 無聊地

　　例：We talked idly about magazines and baseball.

　　我們閑聊著雜志和棒球。

　　7.ADJ You refer to an idle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say. 虛張聲勢的

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

　　那不過是虛張聲勢的威脅。

　　8.V-I 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. 低速空轉

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

　　在樹叢的那一邊，一架小飛機的發動機空轉著。

　　常見用法

　　用作形容詞

　　Being at an idle end,we often go to and look around the shops.

　　閑來無事，我們常去逛逛商店。

　　Idle folks have the least leisure.

　　懶惰的人最沒空閑。

　　No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.

　　不管一個人多么富有,都不應該過著閑散的生活。

　　I never believe idle reports.

　　我從來不信捕風捉影的傳聞。

　　用作及物動詞

　　The strike idled many workers.

　　罷工使許多工人沒事干。

　　It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

　　除非有大量的工作,否則就不可能盡情享受空閑時光。

　　用作不及物動詞

　　I hate you to idle about.

　　我不喜歡你游手好閑。

　　We should not idle away our valuable time in the claver.

　　我們不應該把寶貴的時間消磨在閑談之中。

　　He is always idling about street corners.

　　他總是在街道角落那閑逛。

　　Youre perfectly right when you say that one shouldnt let ones machinery lie idle and go rusty!

　　你這話對極了，機器擱著就生銹!

　　idle

　　這兩個形容詞均有 閑散，懶惰 之意。

　　idle 通常指不忙，無事可干，一般不含應責備之意。

　　lazy 指好逸惡勞，貪閑偷懶，或不愿學習或工作等，常含應受責備之意。

　　參考例句

　　1. I waited in the car while idling the engine.

　　我在汽車里待著而讓發動機空轉著。

　　2. Software can no longer, in good conscience, waste so much idle time while users work.

　　憑良心說，軟件再也不能在用戶工作時浪費這么多空閑時間了。

　　3. So shops are mostly empty in the mornings and idle employees sit around by open doors and windows.

　　因此商店里早晨大多沒有客人，空閑的店員們就坐在敞開的門和窗戶附近乘涼。

　　雙語釋義

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

　　例：4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year.

　　4千名工人在今年最初的27個星期中有12個星期無事可干。

　　2.ADJ If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used. 閑置的

　　例：Now the machine is lying idle.

　　現在這臺機器正處于閑置狀態。

　　3.ADJ If you say that someone is idle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be. 無所事事的

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

　　整天看報紙，無所事事的官僚們。

　　4.idly ADV 無所事事地

　　例：We were not idly sitting around.

　　我們并非坐著沒事干。

　　5.ADJ Idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do. 無聊的

　　例：Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.

　　布賴恩又無聊地閑扯了5分鐘。

　　6.idly ADV 無聊地

　　例：We talked idly about magazines and baseball.

　　我們閑聊著雜志和棒球。

　　7.ADJ You refer to an idle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say. 虛張聲勢的

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

　　那不過是虛張聲勢的威脅。

　　8.V-I 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. 低速空轉

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

　　在樹叢的那一邊，一架小飛機的發動機空轉著。

　　常見用法

　　用作形容詞

　　Being at an idle end,we often go to and look around the shops.

　　閑來無事，我們常去逛逛商店。

　　Idle folks have the least leisure.

　　懶惰的人最沒空閑。

　　No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.

　　不管一個人多么富有,都不應該過著閑散的生活。

　　I never believe idle reports.

　　我從來不信捕風捉影的傳聞。

　　用作及物動詞

　　The strike idled many workers.

　　罷工使許多工人沒事干。

　　It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

　　除非有大量的工作,否則就不可能盡情享受空閑時光。

　　用作不及物動詞

　　I hate you to idle about.

　　我不喜歡你游手好閑。

　　We should not idle away our valuable time in the claver.

　　我們不應該把寶貴的時間消磨在閑談之中。

　　He is always idling about street corners.

　　他總是在街道角落那閑逛。

　　Youre perfectly right when you say that one shouldnt let ones machinery lie idle and go rusty!

　　你這話對極了，機器擱著就生銹!