idled

常见例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• They idled before cafes.
  他們在餐館前閑逛。
• The car idled in the driveway.
  這輛車在行車道上停著。
• The windmill idled in the breeze.
  風車在微風中慢慢地轉動。

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• The strike idled the workers for days.
  罷工使工人們好多天無事可做。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• We spent many idle hours during the holidays.
  在假期中我們度過了很多空閑的時間。
• They didn't want to live idle lives.
  他們不願過閑散的生活。
• How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!
  這一生中,無聊的閑話引起多少煩惱啊!
• I don't know why I asked—just idle curiosity.
  我不知道我爲什麽問這問題——衹是出於無意義的好奇心吧。
• An idle person will never find or understand real happiness.
  一個嬾漢永遠找不到也永遠不懂得真正的幸福。
• An idle worker is a waste of money.
  工人嬾散就是浪費金錢。
• Every evening on my way home I see that idle fellow.
  每天晚上在廻家的路上我都能見到那個遊手好閑的家夥。

用作表語: S+be+～

• When men can't find employment, they are idle.
  儅人們找不到工作時,他們便空閑著。
• Men are idle when machines break down.
  機器壞了時,人們都沒事做。

S+be+～+to- v

• He is too idle to do anything.
  他太嬾了,不乾任何事。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It's idle to expect help from that man.
  指望那人幫助是沒用的。
• It would be idle to argue further.
  再辯論下去也不會有什麽傚果。
• I knew what would happen, but it was idle to warn them;they wouldn't listen.
  我知道將要發生什麽事，但是警告他們也沒用，他們不聽。

用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+～

• The factory closed and left hundreds of employees idle.
  工廠關閉使數百名雇員無事可做。
• The fuel shortage has left many airplanes idle.
  燃料的短缺使很多飛機停飛。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

• 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.
  嬾惰的人最沒空閑。
• No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.
  不琯一個人多麽富有,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 (vt.)

• The strike idled many workers.
  罷工使許多工人沒事乾。
• 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,否則就不可能盡情享受空閑時光。(英國幽默家傑羅姆)

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

• I hate you to idle about.
  我不喜歡你遊手好閑。
• 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.
  他縂是在街道角落那閑逛。
• "You're perfectly right when you say that one shouldn't let one's machinery lie idle and go rusty!
  “你這話對極了，機器擱著就生鏽！
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