idle

1 The engine is running idle.

发动机在空转着.

2 A group of boys idled in the doorway.

3 In an idle moment I would stand and watch the two white men grinding lenses on the machines.

4 "You're perfectly right when you say that one shouldn't let one's machinery lie idle and go rusty!

“你这话对极了，机器搁着就生锈！

5 There the doctor sat idle over a pot of tea.

6 He rushed to the washroom on the seventh floor, sadly in a removed area of the building without a local fire escape, sealing his fate in a stall idled with his own anxious stench.

7 An idle man only enjoys playing and making pleacertains.

唯一懒惰的人只舒服玩耍和寻乐.

8 Lupita’s eyes went to the idle men sitting all about them.

9 It seemed irrelevant, nothing more than idle chitchat.

10 On many idle day have I grieved over lost time.

在许多闲散的日子里,我伤心那些虚度的时光.

11 With no companies like GE buying scrap for their manufacturing operations, or shipping companies like Patel Global Transit looking to buy scavenge to sell overseas, the ship-breaking yards were idle.

12 I knew Grandma’s fears were idle, but they stirred up a little fuzz ball of fear in my stomach.

13 He has really idled away 40 years.

他这个人真是虚度了四十个春秋.

14 The engine runs quietly at idle.

这发动机在空转(怠速)的时候非常安静.

15 You start dragging out each little chore because if the manager on duty catches you in an idle moment he will give you something far nastier to do.

16 Mother announced that now we girls could use our idle time to build up our hope chests.

17 After I left, I sat in the car, idle for a few minutes.

18 My thoughts don’t wander anymore; he’s where they go as soon as they’re idle.

19 The strikes have idled nearly 4 000 workers.

罢工使近4 000名工人闲着没事干。

20 Her crafty, golden eyes had not been idle for a second since entering Cluny’s camp.

1 停顿的

pausal

2 无业的

jobless

3 失业

unemployed jobless unemployment on the beach out of occupation unwaged on the wallaby

4 无理由的

motiveless

5 无所事事

float twiddle thumbs vacancy flanerie drone goof hard up about loaf slob around slob out at a loose end have time on your hands have time to kill twiddle your thumbs idly around round piss around lie around vacant vacuous idleness ennui potchger play fester loll eat head off fake off

6 闲置的

unemployed free dead waste unused spare unoccupied on the shelf inactive

7 无根据的

wild invalid unfounded baseless groundless insupportable base unauthentic bottomless unsubstantiated unsound ungrounded unbottomed

8 吊儿郎当

loose-jointed gold-brick dillydally

9 虚掷

waste loaf loiter dawdle footle dream away squander away

10 无价值

vain worthless insignificant unworthy dud paltry scurvy duff naff valueless niggardly nugatory gimcrack piffling cardboard vanity for the birds little bad cheap useless hollow null punk vile flimsy Dud naught measly crummy poxy fustian no-account nothing nothingness unimportance nullify not much chop no-good puckeroo stramineous light sorry refuse nowhere bare peanut crap invalid straw dusty crappy bum queer careless shitty jazzy frothy trashy slushy leaden riffraff frippery good-for-nothing schlub picayune rinky-dink twopenny thriftless footling rubbishy unvalued chaffy drossy footle bastardly indign pistareen cotton-picking up to putty no chop not worth a cracker blow on

11 无意义的

silly hollow pointless vain meaningless insignificant barren futile arid senseless frivolous inconsequential inconsiderable purposeless unmeaning picayune inutile goo-goo nonsensical paltry unprofitable vacuous

12 空闲的

free leisure vacant disengaged unengaged spare unoccupied clear empty open void leisured disengage at leisure unemployed

13 无目的的

blind pointless meaningless aimless desultory rudderless feeble-minded

14 漫无目的的

desultory rudderless

15 赋闲

at grass

16 不重要

mean little small light poor minor chicken slight lightweight nominal insignificant negligible futile inconsequential trifling small-time nonessential jerkwater indifference nothingness insignificance all one of no importance make no matter of no moment

17 无效的

useless invalid vain futile fruitless ineffectual flabby inoperative unavailing nugatory void null and void diriment non-effective unavailable inefficient incompetent feeble feckless frustrated inactive empty frustrate null nude ineffective barren inert inconclusive unprofitable voided unfruitful otiose bad dead wan sterile imperfect irritant toothless noneffective unprevailing

18 虚度光阴

bum dream loaf frig about whistle Dixie hack around hull fiddle

19 吊儿郎当的

loose-jointed

20 不用的

dead waste inactive unemployed

21 没用的

useless unavailable measly unprofitable weedy wack shiftless nugatory no-account

22 虚度

idly molder fiddle putter slumber mess lounge loaf moon drone dream fool misspend

23 闲着

unused about have time on your hands have time to kill round at a loose end otiose out be at grass on the street

24 懒惰的

lazy inactive recumbent indolent do-nothing sluggard slugabed faineant good-for-nothing shiftless slobbish work-shy fainéant sleepy sluggish slothful dozy otiose workshy slack supine donothing lurdan spare sluggardly dolittle

25 荒废

waste rundown desolate forlorn ruin devastation desolation disrepair desertion rust dilapidate destroy devastate lie waste go to ruin

26 虚度时光

moon frig

27 无价值的

vain worthless insignificant unworthy dud paltry scurvy duff naff valueless niggardly nugatory gimcrack piffling cardboard for the birds little bad cheap useless hollow null punk vile flimsy Dud naught measly crummy poxy fustian no-account nothing no-good puckeroo stramineous light sorry refuse nowhere bare peanut crap invalid straw dusty crappy bum queer careless shitty jazzy frothy trashy slushy leaden riffraff frippery good-for-nothing schlub picayune rinky-dink twopenny thriftless footling rubbishy unvalued chaffy drossy footle bastardly indign pistareen cotton-picking not worth a cracker

28 闲散

off quiet slack vacuous laze indolence idleness unemployed poke loiter at leisure

29 游手好闲的

fainéant do-nothing dolittle

30 无意

involuntary unwittingly by mistake

31 懒散的

lazy inactive supine slothful logy loose slack indolent torpid shiftless chalta hai sleepy untidy languid lackadaisical sulky slipshod

32 停顿

pausal stand stick Jam respite standstill stalemate tie-up stop pause hem remit

33 不重要的

mean little small light poor minor chicken slight lightweight nominal insignificant negligible futile inconsequential trifling small-time nonessential jerkwater of no importance of no moment

34 闲置

unemployed lie spare lay-up unoccupied on the shelf dilapidate shunt

35 无所事事的

vacant vacuous

36 偷懒

sluggish truant indolent scrimshank slug goof laze shirk skulk skive lie down on the job

37 无用的

unprevalent waste negative unnecessary useless unwanted punk needless worthless futile dud fruitless trashy impotent feckless ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing nugatory bootless thriftless excrescent piffling wimpish chaffy unprevailing invalid vain bum insignificant impractical duff inapt otiose in vain unworthy void destructive rubbish pointless unhelpful unproductive unneeded unprofitable bung junky kaput effete no-good unavailing poxy profitless no-account shagged wanky inutile lurdan through empty straw fiddling crap hollow null unavailable frivolous Dud naught gash farcical screwed unserviceable up the spout paltry purposeless outworn recrementitious no-dice dead refuse wasted sleeveless ineffectual unworkable crusted valueless brain-dead inexpert limp-wristed footling losel unuseful orra crocky us

38 不用

dead waste inactive unemployed disuse

39 徒劳的

vain futile gallant fruitless unprofitable unavailing

40 无事可做

at a loose end

41 空闲

free leisure vacant disengaged unengaged by-time time off open idly vacancy spare void leisured disengage clear availability at leisure empty unemployed unoccupied

42 空转

pre-op race spin slip wheelspin tickover be running on empty tick over turn over racing idle motion race rotation run

43 闲荡

lounge moon wander swan prowl lop loiter mooch loll dawdle dally loaf futz around poke about maunder potter about bum around putter putz fart around goof off hang about mope about mope around bum about hang around

44 漫无目的

adrift desultory rudderless

45 无根据

wild invalid unfounded baseless groundless insupportable wildness bottomless unsubstantiated unsound ungrounded unbottomed without book

46 无意的

involuntary

47 怠惰的

inactive truant

48 袖手旁观

stand idly by stand by sit by stand aside

49 失业的

redundant unemployed jobless unwaged out of work out of a job on the wallaby

50 无用

unprevalent waste negative unnecessary useless unwanted punk needless worthless futile dud fruitless trashy impotent feckless ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing nugatory bootless thriftless excrescent piffling wimpish chaffy unprevailing uselessly fruitlessly unhelpfully futility uselessness disutility paralyze go for nothing of no use do no good invalid vain bum insignificant impractical duff inapt otiose vainly invalidity inaptness in vain through empty void straw fiddling effete unavailing crock of no effect put out of action good for nothing n.g. bung crap hollow null unavailable frivolous Dud unhelpful naught unprofitable gash farcical screwed unserviceable vanity spike up the spout paltry purposeless no-good outworn be no use to be no use recrementitious no-dice dead refuse wasted unworthy sleeveless ineffectual unworkable crusted valueless brain-dead inexpert limp-wristed footling inutile losel unuseful orra crocky us beggar not much chop

51 空的

empty blank bare bald inane

52 慢转

long-playing LP

53 无理由

motiveless idly

54 使空转

race spin run

55 闲散的

off quiet slack vacuous

56 懒惰

lazy inactive recumbent indolent do-nothing sluggard slugabed faineant idly lazily supinely slouchingly inertia inactivity laziness inaction idleness indolence acedia slovenry good-for-nothing shiftless slobbish work-shy indolently fainéant sleepy sluggish slothful dozy otiose sloth laze workshy slack supine donothing lurdan spare sluggardly dolittle Oblomovism sit on behind

57 懒

sluggard

58 无聊的

yawnful long light slow vegetable stupid deadly blah worthless weary heartbreaking unimportant tiresome monotonous uninteresting uninspired moldy colourless fiddling stodgy wishy-washy unexciting simple-minded puerile workaday languorous draggy unmeaning rubbishy cockamamie

59 徒然的

sterile

60 懈怠

slack remiss slack off on slack off

61 无益的

unprofited unnecessary useless ineffective pointless vain worthless barren futile fruitless unprofitable ineffectual inoperative purposeless unavailing profitless bootless resultless ungainful of no utility good-for-nought void frustrate null sterile unhelpful feckless footless good-for-nothing inutile gainless unavailable feeble unfruitful otiose fribble piffling infructuous

62 闲混

diddle futz footle frig about trifle piddle frivol dillydally while

63 懈怠的

slack

64 无端的

unjustified

65 怠惰

inactive truant inaction indolence laze

66 混时间

doss

67 懒散

lazy inactive supine slothful sloth inaction laze sleepy untidy languid lackadaisical sulky slipshod slack inertia dawdle languor by default indolent shiftless lethargy

68 无效

useless invalid vain futile fruitless ineffectual flabby inoperative unavailing nugatory vainly futility negation invalidity invalidation nullity void frustrate undo negate neutralize nullify vitiate stultify of no effect null and void diriment non-effective unavailable inefficient incompetent feeble feckless zero avoid negative destroy defeat torpedo deactivate extinguish vacate invalidate overturn frustrated inactive disable revoke empty null nude ineffective barren inert inconclusive unprofitable voided unfruitful otiose avoidance inefficiency impotence sterility idleness nullification inconclusiveness nihility blank mock quash paralyse bad dead wan sterile imperfect irritant toothless noneffective unprevailing nonvalidity vitiosity annihilation defeasance irritancy upset flaw erase debug irritate hamstring sterilize annihilate disannul bringto naught not so hot to no avail

69 无聊

yawnful long light slow vegetable stupid deadly blah worthless weary heartbreaking unimportant tiresome monotonous uninteresting uninspired moldy colourless fiddling stodgy wishy-washy unexciting simple-minded puerile workaday languorous draggy unmeaning rubbishy cockamamie disappointingly wearily dully monotony weariness dullness humdrum ennui for the birds

70 无益

unprofited unnecessary useless ineffective pointless vain worthless barren futile fruitless unprofitable ineffectual inoperative purposeless unavailing profitless bootless resultless ungainful uselessly futility barrenness vainness all for naught to no end of no use of no utility good-for-nought void frustrate null sterile unhelpful feckless footless good-for-nothing inutile vainly idleness inutility gainless unavailable feeble unfruitful otiose fribble piffling infructuous idly vanity disbenefit not much chop to no avail

71 徒然

in vain

72 徒劳

vain futile gallant fruitless unprofitable unavailing beat a dead horse be firing blanks get nowhere in vain to no avail

73 无意义

pointless meaningless senseless nonsensical paltry unprofitable vacuous purposeless emptiness meaninglessness pointlessness senselessness

74 没有工作

unemployment

75 闲着的

otiose on the street

76 空

empty blank bare bald inane vacancy nothingness strip evacuate

77 闲逛

Mike potter ramble prowl dander saunter mosey paseo passeggiata wander stroll loaf lop loiter dawdle toddle gallivant maunder gad lollygag pootle streel lepak piddle about hack around

78 游手好闲

fainéant idleness flanerie drone fool bum dawdle loaf trifle with laze away ne'er-do-well bludge idle about loaf about loaf around piss around do-nothing lollingly dolittle goof loiter dillydally schloomp jack around beat around