时间: 2025-04-26 04:21:21
美: ['aɪdl]
英: ['aɪd(ə)l]
adj. 闲置的;懒惰的;停顿的
vi. 无所事事;虚度;空转
vt. 虚度;使空转
最后更新时间:2025-04-26 04:21:21
词源分析:来自古英语“id(e)le”,意为“空的、无效的”,与日耳曼语根相连,反映出没有生产或活动的状态。
历史背景:该词首次记录于12世纪的文本中,用于描述未被使用或闲置的状态。
课本:可能出现在**的初中和高中英语教材中,涉及的主题可能包括日常生活、闲暇活动等。在牛津和美国的教材中,通常会在描述个人生活方式和时间管理的单元中出现。
正式与非正式语境:
特殊场合:
The factory has been idle for months due to the lack of orders.
工厂由于缺乏订单,已经闲置了几个月。
He felt idle during the long summer break, with nothing to do.
在漫长的暑假中,他感到无所事事,没什么可做的。
The team decided to idle their project until they secure more funding.
团队决定将他们的项目搁置,直到获得更多资金。
An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
无所事事的心思是魔鬼的作坊。(谚语)
The car has been idle in the garage for weeks.
这辆车在车库里闲置了几个星期。
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反义词:
音标记忆法:/ˈaɪ.dəl/,可以通过反复朗读并与生活中的闲暇时刻联系起来,帮助记忆。
词根记忆法:可以将“idle”与其他相关词根联想,如“idleness”(闲散),从而加深理解。
通过以上分析,可以更全面地理解和掌握“idle”这个单词的用法、背景和相关联想。
[[v-link ADJ]] If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work. 无事可做的
例:4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year.4千名工人在今年最初的27个星期中有12个星期无事可干。
[[v-link ADJ]] If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used. (机器或工厂) 闲置的
例:Now the machine is lying idle.现在这台机器正处于闲置状态。
[[表不满]] If you say that someone is idle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be. 无所事事的
例:...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers.…整天看报纸,无所事事的官僚们。
[[ADV with v]] idly 无所事事地
例:We were not idly sitting around.我们并非坐着没事干。
[[ADJ n]] Idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do. 无聊的
例:Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.布赖恩又无聊地闲扯了5分钟。
[ADV] idly 无聊地
例:We talked idly about magazines and baseball.我们闲聊着杂志和棒球。
[[ADJ n]] You refer to an idle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say. 虚张声势的
例:It was more of an idle threat than anything.那不过是虚张声势的威胁。
[V-I] 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. (发动机等) 低速空转
例:Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled.在树丛的那一边,一架小飞机的发动机空转着。