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loiter around + (location)
表示在某个地点附近无目的逗留。
Teenagers loiter around the mall entrance.
青少年在商场入口处闲荡。
闲荡；游荡；逗留
loitered — past of loiter
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闲荡；游荡；逗留
to stand or wait around somewhere without a clear purpose; to stay longer than necessary
Teenagers loiter around the mall entrance.
青少年在商场入口处闲荡。
无目的地闲逛；无所事事地站着
To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
逗留不前
To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
飞机在目标附近空中盘旋
For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target.
loiter
Base
原形
loiters
3rd person
第三人称单数
loitering
-ing
现在分词
loitered
Past
过去式
loitered
Past participle
过去分词
He often loiters around the park.
他经常在公园里闲逛。
They loitered outside the shop yesterday.
他们昨天在商店外面徘徊。
The suspect is loitering near the entrance.
嫌疑人正在入口附近闲荡。
规则动词，表示闲荡或徘徊。
The police officer told the teenagers not to loiter near the store entrance.
警察告诉那些青少年不要在商店入口附近闲荡。
He was loitering around the park, waiting for his friend.
他在公园里闲荡，等待他的朋友。
The security guard noticed a man loitering in the hallway after hours.
保安注意到一名男子在下班后还在走廊里徘徊。
表示在某个地点附近无目的逗留。
Teenagers loiter around the mall entrance.
青少年在商场入口处闲荡。
副词描述闲荡的方式。
He loitered aimlessly in the park.
他在公园里漫无目的地闲逛。
单独使用，常暗示可疑活动。
The suspect was seen loitering near the bank.
嫌疑人被看到在银行附近徘徊。
Not this
He loitered the street.
Use this
He loitered around the street.
loiter 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，需要加介词 around 或 about 表示地点。
Not this
Stop lingering outside the store.
Use this
Stop loitering outside the store.
linger 强调停留时间较长，而 loiter 强调无所事事地闲荡，带有负面意味。
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在…附近闲逛
The kids were loitering around the playground after school.
放学后，孩子们在操场附近闲逛。
在…附近逗留
He was seen loitering near the bank before it opened.
有人看到他开门前在银行附近逗留。
在…外面逗留
No one should loiter outside the building during the drill.
演习期间，任何人不得在楼外逗留。
怀有不良意图逗留
Police arrested him for loitering with intent.
警方以意图犯罪而逗留的罪名逮捕了他。
在大厅里闲逛
Visitors were told not to loiter in the lobby.
访客被告知不要在大厅里闲逛。
蓄意逗留（尤指意图犯罪）
The shopkeeper called the police after seeing two men loitering with intent outside the store.
店主看到两名男子在商店外蓄意逗留、图谋不轨，于是报了警。
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想象街角有个人双手插兜、站半天不走，东瞧西看没目的——这种闲荡逗留就是 loiter。
语域：neutral 常见场景：公共场合、法律/警务语境、军事/航空语境 多用于中性或偏正式语境；在法律和警务中常指“在公共场所无事逗留”，航空语境中则指“在目标附近盘旋待命”，日常口语中不如 hang around 常见。
通常不及物，常与介词 about, around, in 连用
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