idle

idle workers [=workers who do not have jobs]闲散的工人

The company's competitors have not been idle [=they have been active/busy] in recent months.公司的竞争对手们近几个月一直没有闲着。

The factory has been lying/sitting/standing idle [=has not been used] for the past year.工厂过去一年一直闲置着。

the idle rich [=rich people who do not have to work]游手好闲的有钱人

idle rumors/gossip毫无根据的谣传/流言

There has been a lot of idle speculation about what might happen, but no one really knows.对于可能会发生的事情有许多徒劳的猜测，但没人真正知道会发生什么。

(formal) It is idle [=useless, pointless] to want what you cannot have.痴心妄想毫无意义。

She said she would leave him, but he knew it was an idle threat. [=he knew that she did not mean it]她说要离开他，但他知道那只是吓唬吓唬他而已。

the idle days of summer无所事事的夏天

a careless and idle worker粗心懒散的工人

There was a group of idle boys standing on the corner.一群懒散的男孩正站在拐角。

She left the engine idling for a few seconds before she turned it off.她让发动机空转了一会儿才熄火。

The cars idled in traffic.汽车在塞车时空转。

idle an engine空转发动机

A group of boys idled in the doorway.一群男孩在门口闲混。

We idled away the evening playing cards.我们打牌消磨了整个晚上。

The factory closed, idling several hundred workers.工厂倒闭了，数百名工人失业了。

Thousands of workers have been idled by the bad economy.成千上万的工人因经济不景气而失业。

The factory has been idled by the strike.工厂因罢工一直停产。