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idle

/ˈaɪd(ə)l/📚 12782 94 2四级六级考研雅思
If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work. 无事可做的

adjective [原级]无事可做的;懒惰的;闲置的;空闲的;琐碎无聊的,毫无意义的;虚张声势的,唬人的;(钱)现金保存的,存于无息账户的

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。

verb [vi. 不及物动词]闲混,无所事事;使……停止工作,使闲散;(发动机、车辆)空转

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。

“爱斗” → 无所事事的人才爱斗 → 懒散的; 无所事事
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Now the machine is lying idle. 现在这台机器正处于闲置状态。
In idle moments, he carved wooden figures. 他空闲时就刻木雕。
Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle. 现在有超过百分之十的劳动力闲置。
...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers. …整天看报纸,无所事事的官僚们。
We were not idly sitting around. 我们并非坐着没事干。
Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes. 布赖恩又无聊地闲扯了5分钟。
We talked idly about magazines and baseball. 我们闲聊着杂志和棒球。
It was more of an idle threat than anything. 那不过是虚张声势的威胁。