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停顿的 tíngdùnde
I. idle [ˈaıdl] ADJ
1. idle:
idle
停顿的 tíngdùnde
idle
空闲的 kòngxiánde
idle hours
闲暇时间
2. idle:
idle
懒惰的 lǎnduòde
3. idle:
idle
无用的 wúyòngde
idle
无价值的 wú jiàzhí de
an idle promise
空头许诺
II. idle [ˈaıdl] VB intr
idle
不做事 bù zuòshì
idle
游手好闲 yóu shǒu hào xián
idle along the street
在街上闲逛
III. idle [ˈaıdl] VB trans
1. idle:
idle
(away)虚度 xūdù
idle away one's youth
虚度青春
2. idle:
idle
使闲散 shǐ xiánsǎn
The strike in the city idled ten thousand workers.
城市里的罢工使一万人闲着没事干。
▶ idly ADV
Present
Iidle
youidle
he/she/itidles
weidle
youidle
theyidle
Past
Iidled
youidled
he/she/itidled
weidled
youidled
theyidled
Present Perfect
Ihaveidled
youhaveidled
he/she/ithasidled
wehaveidled
youhaveidled
theyhaveidled
Past Perfect
Ihadidled
youhadidled
he/she/ithadidled
wehadidled
youhadidled
theyhadidled
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
idle hours
闲暇时间
idle along the street
在街上闲逛
idle away one's youth
虚度青春
an idle promise
空头许诺
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
When the original user resumes speaking, that user would, in turn, be switched to any channel that happened to be idle.
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One of the problems is that idle motion affects all joints and simply showing statistical movements at each joint results in less than realistic portrayals.
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They did not know which way to take, and so took up an idle life.
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The use of tax policy was urged to ensure that idle land was put into productive use.
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The engine and mines were destroyed by fire in 1772 and remained idle for some years.
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