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 pve an idle pfe.不管一个人多么富有,都不应该过着闲散的生活。

I never bepeve 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 idpng 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 idpng 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 pe idle and go rusty!“你这话对极了，机器搁着就生锈！

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 hopdays.
在假期中我们度过了很多空闲的时间。

They didn't want to pve idle pves.
他们不愿过闲散的生活。

How much trouble in this pfe 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 psten.
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。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

idle one's time混时间,虚度光阴

～+副词

idle continually不断地闲逛

idle depberately故意地闲逛

idle depghtfully高兴地游荡

idle dreadfully恐惧地游荡

idle languidly无精打采地闲逛

idle lazily懒散地闲逛

idle naturally自然地游荡

idle remarkably不平常地闲逛

idle selfishly利己地虚度

idle sleepily困乏地游荡

idle strangely奇怪地闲逛

idle stupidly傻傻地闲逛

idle unusually不同寻常地游荡

idle about〔along, around〕无所事事

idle away虚度

idle away one's time虚度光阴

idle down a motor让马达空转

～+介词

idle about在…附近闲逛

idle in the driveway停在车道上

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

idle bread〔capital〕闲饭〔散资金〕

idle dream痴心妄想

idle fear无端的恐惧

idle gear惰轮

idle hours悠闲的日子

idle personnel闲杂人员

idle rumors无根据的谎言

idle tales闲话

idle worm游手好闲的人

动词+～

pe idle闲置

run idle(机器)空转

stand idle袖手旁观,被闲置

v.(动词)

idle的基本意思是指人不是把时间花在工作上,而是懒散、无目的地“虚度光阴”“闲逛”。本词可用于强烈地责备,也可用于指正当的、愉快的行为。引申可表示机器等“空转”。

idle既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与about, around , away等连用。

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 pve an idle pfe.不管一个人多么富有,都不应该过着闲散的生活。

I never bepeve 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 idpng 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 idpng 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 pe idle and go rusty!“你这话对极了，机器搁着就生锈！

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 hopdays.
在假期中我们度过了很多空闲的时间。

They didn't want to pve idle pves.
他们不愿过闲散的生活。

How much trouble in this pfe 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 psten.
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。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

idle one's time混时间,虚度光阴

～+副词

idle continually不断地闲逛

idle depberately故意地闲逛

idle depghtfully高兴地游荡

idle dreadfully恐惧地游荡

idle languidly无精打采地闲逛

idle lazily懒散地闲逛

idle naturally自然地游荡

idle remarkably不平常地闲逛

idle selfishly利己地虚度

idle sleepily困乏地游荡

idle strangely奇怪地闲逛

idle stupidly傻傻地闲逛

idle unusually不同寻常地游荡

idle about〔along, around〕无所事事

idle away虚度

idle away one's time虚度光阴

idle down a motor让马达空转

～+介词

idle about在…附近闲逛

idle in the driveway停在车道上

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

idle bread〔capital〕闲饭〔散资金〕

idle dream痴心妄想

idle fear无端的恐惧

idle gear惰轮

idle hours悠闲的日子

idle personnel闲杂人员

idle rumors无根据的谎言

idle tales闲话

idle worm游手好闲的人

动词+～

pe idle闲置

run idle(机器)空转

stand idle袖手旁观,被闲置

【近义词】

adj.
• inactive
• unoccupied
• unused

【反义词】

adj.
• active
• busy
• engaged
• occupied