186,000 steel workers are idle.有186,000名钢铁工人失业。

A healthy child cannot be idle; he has to be doing something all day.一个健康的儿童不能无所事事；他必须整天做点什么。

factories that had been idle for years已经闲置了多年的工厂

6 per cent of the country's factories were idle.该国6%的工厂处于停工状态。

The processing plant lay idle for two years.加工厂闲置了两年。

The machinery could not be converted, and so stood idle.机器不能改装, 因此闲置着。

Women thought men idle good-for-nothings.女人认为男人是些懒散无用的家伙。

He was too idle to switch off the television.他懒得连电视都不关。

They had long, idle conversations.他们漫无目的地长谈。

The purpose of the journey is not idle curiosity.这次旅行的目的不是满足无聊的好奇心。

I just inquired out of idle curiosity.我只是出于无聊的好奇心才打听的。

It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.佯称这个系统完美无缺是徒劳的。

It was more of an idle threat than anything.这更多是吓唬人的。

His statement isn't merely an idle boast.他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的吹嘘。

She described this second allegation as based on idle rumours.她称第二条指控是基于毫无根据的谣传。

She must not sit here idling.她不可以坐在这儿无所事事。

They found him idling in his study.他们发现他在书房里悠然消磨时光。

He idled around afterwards, window-shopping until about 5pm.随后他四处闲逛, 浏览商店橱窗一直到下午5点左右。

I let the machine idle while I packed the tools away.我收拾工具时让机器空转着。

Her car waits with its engine idling.她的车挂空挡等着。

idled assembly plants闲置的装配厂

The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.罢工使大约55,000名机械师无事可做。