idle away + time
idle away 后接时间名词,表示把时间浪费掉。
He idled away the whole afternoon.
他虚度了整个下午。
虚度(时光);浪费(时间);(发动机)空转;怠速运转;使闲置;使停工;使(发动机)空转;在闲散中度过(时间);浪费;消耗。
to do nothing; to remain inactive
在闲散中度过(时间);浪费;消耗。
To spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume.
无所事事地消磨时间,或没有从事业务。
To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
空转或怠速运转
run disconnected or idle
(发动机)以慢速运转或空转;怠速运转。
Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
无所事事;处于不变的状态
be idle; exist in a changeless situation
使(发动机)怠速运转。
To cause (an engine) to idle (run at a slow speed, or out of gear).
使(工人、学生等)闲置;使无工作。
To make (workers, students, etc) idle; to leave without work.
一般现在时
The engine idles smoothly.
发动机平稳地怠速运转。
一般过去时
Yesterday, the car idled for ten minutes.
昨天,汽车怠速了十分钟。
现在完成时
The factory has idled its operations.
工厂已经停止了运营。
怠速;闲置
The engine idled smoothly while we waited for the traffic light to change.
我们等待交通灯变绿时,发动机平稳地空转着。
用法提示:idled 作不及物动词,表示发动机空转。
AI contextual example
He spent the whole afternoon idling on the sofa instead of doing his homework.
他一整个下午都在沙发上无所事事,而不是做作业。
用法提示:idling 作不及物动词,表示闲混、无所事事。
AI contextual example
The factory machines were idled during the maintenance shutdown.
维修停工期间,工厂的机器被闲置了。
用法提示:idled 作及物动词被动形式,表示使机器闲置。
AI contextual example
idle away 后接时间名词,表示把时间浪费掉。
He idled away the whole afternoon.
他虚度了整个下午。
idle 作不及物动词,表示无所事事地待着,for 后接时间段。
He idled for three hours outside the office.
他在办公室外闲待了三个小时。
idle at 后接具体转速或速度,表示发动机怠速运转。
The car engine idled at 800 rpm.
汽车发动机以800转/分的速度空转。
idle 作及物动词,表示使(工人、员工等)闲置或无工作。
The factory closure idled 500 workers.
工厂关闭使500名工人无事可做。
grammar · medium
易错句子Last Sunday I idle at home all afternoon.
正确表达Last Sunday I idled at home all afternoon.
汉语动词没有时态形态,容易把 idle 直接用于过去时间。Last Sunday 等过去时间要求动词用过去式,idle 的过去式是 idled。
grammar · medium
易错句子The old engine idles slow.
正确表达The old engine idles slowly.
修饰动词 idles 要用副词 slowly,slow 是形容词,不能作状语。汉语“慢”没有词形变化,所以容易把形容词直接当副词用。
grammar · medium
易错句子He idled away for the whole afternoon.
正确表达He idled away the whole afternoon.
idle away 是表示“消磨(时间)”的动词短语,away 后面必须直接跟时间宾语,不能用 for 引出时间段;去掉 for 后 the whole afternoon 直接作宾语。
虚度;消磨(时间)
Stop idling away your time on video games.
别再在电子游戏上虚度时间了。
使发动机怠速运转
Don't idle the engine for too long while waiting.
等待时不要让发动机长时间怠速运转。
被闲置;被迫停工
Hundreds of workers were idled by the sudden factory shutdown.
工厂突然关闭,数百名工人被迫停工。
在红灯前怠速等待
The car idled at the red light, burning fuel.
汽车在红灯前怠速空转,消耗着燃油。
虚度(时光),浪费(时间)
She idled away the whole morning browsing social media.
她刷了一上午社交媒体,虚度了整个早晨。
闲荡,无所事事地待着
The boys were idling about on the street corner.
那些男孩在街角闲荡。
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