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ADJ
無事可做的;閑散的
If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work.
例句
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。
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ADJ
(機器、工廠等)閑置的
If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used.
例句
Now the machine is lying idle.
如今機器閑置著。
...factories that had been idle for years.
已經閑置多年的工廠
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ADJ
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.
例句
...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
無所事事、整天看報紙的官僚們
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！
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ADJ
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.
例句
Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
布賴恩又絮絮地嘮叨了5分鐘。
...idle curiosity.
無聊的好奇心
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ADJ
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.
例句
It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
假裝系統完美無疵是徒勞的。
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ADJ
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.
例句
It was more of an idle threat than anything...
那其實是唬人的話。
His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
他的話不僅僅是虛張聲勢的自夸。
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VERB
無所事事;閑混;閑逛
If you idle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
...idled assembly plants.
停業的裝配廠
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VERB
使閑散;使無事可做
To idle workers means to stop them working.
例句
The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罷工使約 55,000 名機械師無事可做。
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VERB
(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.
例句
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。
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。