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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
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词源分析:Idle 源于古英语“idel”,意为“空的、无用的”。词根“-id”与“无”或“空”有关。
历史背景:该词在早期文学中就有使用,最早可追溯至12世纪的古英语文献。
课本:在*的英语教材中,idle 多出现于初中到高中的阶段。牛津和美国的教材中,通常在初中英语的阅读理解和词汇练中涉及。
正式与非正式语境:
特殊场合:在法律或经济领域,idle 常被用来形容未被使用的资产或资源。
He has been idle for too long, and it's time to get to work.
The idle chatter at the party was quite entertaining.
Don't let your talents go idle; put them to good use!
The factory was idle due to lack of orders.
She prefers idle weekends to busy ones.
*. His idle lifestyle eventually led to regret.
The committee's idle discussions resulted in no decisions.
He found himself idle and bored during the long vacation.
The idle machine represents a lost opportunity for profit.
During the meeting, there were idle moments that could have been filled with useful discussion.
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通过上述分析,可以全面了解“idle”这个词的含义、用法及其在不同语境中的应用。
[[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。