idles

常见例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• They idled before cafes.
  他们在餐馆前闲逛。
• The car idled in the driveway.
  这辆车在行车道上停着。
• The windmill idled in the breeze.
  风车在微风中慢慢地转动。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• The strike idled the workers for days.
  罢工使工人们好多天无事可做。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• We spent many idle hours during the holidays.
  在假期中我们度过了很多空闲的时间。
• They didn't want to live idle lives.
  他们不愿过闲散的生活。
• How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!
  这一生中,无聊的闲话引起多少烦恼啊!
• I don't know why I asked—just idle curiosity.
  我不知道我为什么问这问题——只是出于无意义的好奇心吧。
• An idle person will never find or understand real happiness.
  一个懒汉永远找不到也永远不懂得真正的幸福。
• An idle worker is a waste of money.
  工人懒散就是浪费金钱。
• Every evening on my way home I see that idle fellow.
  每天晚上在回家的路上我都能见到那个游手好闲的家伙。

用作表语: S+be+～

• When men can't find employment, they are idle.
  当人们找不到工作时,他们便空闲着。
• Men are idle when machines break down.
  机器坏了时,人们都没事做。

S+be+～+to- v

• He is too idle to do anything.
  他太懒了,不干任何事。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It's idle to expect help from that man.
  指望那人帮助是没用的。
• It would be idle to argue further.
  再辩论下去也不会有什么效果。
• I knew what would happen, but it was idle to warn them;they wouldn't listen.
  我知道将要发生什么事，但是警告他们也没用，他们不听。

用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+～

• The factory closed and left hundreds of employees idle.
  工厂关闭使数百名雇员无事可做。
• The fuel shortage has left many airplanes idle.
  燃料的短缺使很多飞机停飞。

用作形容词 (adj.)

• Being at an idle end,we often go to and look around the shops.
  闲来无事，我们常去逛逛商店。
• Idle folks have the least leisure.
  懒惰的人最没空闲。
• No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.
  不管一个人多么富有,都不应该过着闲散的生活。
• I never believe idle reports.
  我从来不信捕风捉影的传闻。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

• The strike idled many workers.
  罢工使许多工人没事干。
• It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome, British humorist)
  除非有大量的工作,否则就不可能尽情享受空闲时光。(英国幽默家杰罗姆)

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

• I hate you to idle about.
  我不喜欢你游手好闲。
• We should not idle away our valuable time in the claver.
  我们不应该把宝贵的时间消磨在闲谈之中。
• He is always idling about street corners.
  他总是在街道角落那闲逛。
• "You're perfectly right when you say that one shouldn't let one's machinery lie idle and go rusty!
  “你这话对极了，机器搁着就生锈！
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