一、详细释义：


adj.

（人）懈怠的，懒惰的


例句：

An idle person is the devil’s cushion. ——Robert Burton

懒惰的人是魔鬼的安慰。——伯顿


例句：

Idle folks lack no excuses.

懒汉借口多。


（机器、工厂等）闲置的


例句：

Empiri-cally, the distinction between active and idle balances is elusive.

在实际生活中，活动余额和闲置余额的区别是难以捉摸的。


例句：

The factory machines lay idle during the workers' strike.

在工人罢工期间, 工厂的机器都闲置着. 。


（人）没有工作的，闲散的


例句：

If you make idle, dissipated people your companions, you're sure to go the bad.

假若你结交上闲散、挥霍的人，你一定会堕落。


例句：

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 。


漫无目的的，无效的，无用的


例句：

The idle, useless man, no matter to what extent his life may be prolonged, merely vegetates.

懒惰无用的人，不管寿命多长，也不过是饱食终日，虚度一生。


例句：

This is far from an idle suggestion.

这决不是无用的提议。


空闲的


例句：

To be idle sometimes is agreeable, but to be idle all the time might become monotonous.

一段时间空闲是令人愉快的，整日无所事事可能就单调乏味了。


例句：

After years of teaching, I have many memories to dwell on in idle moments.

过了许多年的教学生涯，我空闲时缅怀的往事很多。


v.

混时间，闲荡，无所事事 [I,T]


例句：

He spends his time running idle.

他整天无所事事。


例句：

I will rather work than remain idle .

我宁可参加工作不可终日无所事事。


（发动机）空转，挂空档，未熄火 [I]


例句：

The engine is running idle.

发动机在空转着。


例句：

When making the sewing machine run idle, remove the bobbin case and the bobbin since there is the possibility that thread is entangled in the hook.

缝纫机空转时，有可能机线空绕而卷绕不到旋锁上，因此请卸下梭壳和梭芯。


（尤指暂时地）关闭工厂，使（工人）闲着 [T]


例句：

These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.

这些机器自工厂关闭以来一直闲置着。


例句：

I have seen the closed factories and the stalled assembly lines of Anderson, Indiana and South Gate, California, and I have seen too many, far too many idle men and women desperate to work.

我看到了印第安纳州安德森和加利福尼亚州南盖特关闭的工厂和停工的生产线，我看到太多太多的人渴望工作。


二、词义辨析：


idle,lazy

这两个形容词均有“闲散，懒惰”之意。 idle通常指不忙，无事可干，一般不含应责备之意。 lazy指好逸恶劳，贪闲偷懒，或不愿学习或工作等，常含应受责备之意。


三、相关短语：


idle talk

n. 闲谈


idle pulley

空转轮


idle wheel

空转轮


四、参考例句：


Idle folks lack no excuses.

懒汉借口多。


Don't idle away your time.

不要虚度光阴。


Don't idle away your precious time.

不要把大好时光浪费掉。


I hate you to idle about.

我不喜欢你游手好闲。


I will rather work than remain idle .

我宁可参加工作不可终日无所事事。


He often spent time in idle dalliance.

他经常浪荡地消磨时间。


An idle soul shall suffer hunger.

懒惰之人必受饥饿之苦。


This is far from an idle suggestion.

这决不是无用的提议。


Many elderly people live an idle life.

许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。


Many people were idle during the depression. .

在经济不景气时期，很多人都无事可做。