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be reduced to idleness
be reduced to idleness 指被迫处于无业、无事可做的状态，常因经济或外部原因。
Many factory workers were reduced to idleness when the plant closed.
工厂关闭后，许多工人被迫失业闲居。
失业；无业
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
失业；无业
idleness
Many factory workers were reduced to idleness when the plant closed.
工厂关闭后，许多工人被迫失业闲居。
此处取“没有工作”之义，而非“懒惰”。
闲散；不活动。
The state of being idle; inactivity.
没有工作；失业
having no employment
懒惰；懒散。
The state of being indolent; indolence.
缺乏实质或价值；空洞无物
the quality of lacking substance or value
After the factory closed, he faced months of idleness before finding a new job.
工厂倒闭后，他经历了几个月的失业状态才找到新工作。
Her idleness was not her choice; she had been looking for work every day.
她的失业并不是她自己的选择；她每天都在找工作。
The government introduced training programs to reduce idleness among young people.
政府推出培训计划，以减少年轻人的失业状况。
be reduced to idleness 指被迫处于无业、无事可做的状态，常因经济或外部原因。
Many factory workers were reduced to idleness when the plant closed.
工厂关闭后，许多工人被迫失业闲居。
a life of idleness 是名词短语，强调一种长期无所事事的生活方式。
He inherited a fortune and chose a life of idleness.
他继承了一大笔财产，选择了懒散度日的生活。
out of idleness 表示做某事的动机是闲极无聊，相当于 because of being idle。
The boys teased the cat out of idleness.
那些男孩因为无聊而逗弄猫。
Not this
He spent the whole afternoon at idleness.
Use this
He spent the whole afternoon in idleness.
表示“闲散地、无所事事地”时，英语固定搭配为 in idleness，介词用 in 而非 at。in idleness 作状语修饰 spent，说明度过时间的方式。
Not this
He fell into an idleness after he was laid off.
Use this
He fell into idleness after he was laid off.
idleness 是不可数名词，前面不能加不定冠词 a/an。短语 fall into idleness 表示“陷入闲散/无所事事的状态”，其中 idleness 为抽象不可数名词，直接用零冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
游手好闲的生活
After retiring early, he fell into a life of idleness.
早早退休后，他过上了游手好闲的生活。
纯粹的懒惰；完全闲着
She cleaned out the drawers out of sheer idleness.
她纯粹是因为闲得发慌才去清理抽屉。
被迫闲居；无奈失业
The factory shutdown left many workers in enforced idleness.
工厂停工让许多工人被迫闲居。
无所事事地过日子
They accused him of living in idleness.
他们指责他无所事事地过日子。
懒惰是万恶之源
My grandmother often said that idleness is the root of all evil.
我祖母常说，懒惰是万恶之源。
懒惰是灵魂的敌人。
This saying, often linked to Saint Benedict, warns that idleness can lead to spiritual harm.
这句话常与圣本笃联系在一起，告诫人们懒惰会带来精神上的危害。
懒惰只是意志薄弱者的避难所，也是愚人的假日。
This quote from Lord Chesterfield criticizes idleness as a habit of the foolish.
切斯特菲尔德伯爵的这句话批评懒惰是蠢人的习惯。
Use idleness naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个人整天idle（闲着）没事做，加上名词后缀ness，就是懒散、失业的状态。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、economic or social analysis 该分析针对“没有工作”这一含义。idleness 作此义解时通常用于较正式的书面语或描述性语境，如经济讨论、文学或历史叙述；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 unemployment 或 out of work。
None of these words fully rhymes with idleness (/ˈaɪdəlnəs/). Idle matches the stressed and following syllable /ˈaɪdəl/ but not the final /nəs/. The -ness words share only the unstressed suffix /nəs/ and differ in their stressed vowel; business is a lookalike pronounced with two syllables /ˈbɪznəs/, not /ˈbɪzi nəs/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.