We can't stand idly by (= do nothing) and let people starve.
我們不能袖手旁觀，讓一些人挨餓。
牛津詞典
He wondered idly what would happen.
他漫不經(jīng)心地幻想著會(huì)發(fā)生什么事。
牛津詞典
She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink.
她坐在陽光下懶洋洋地抿著冷飲。
牛津詞典
Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.
她的戴姆勒豪華轎車原地待命,發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)在空轉(zhuǎn)。
Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...
在樹林的那一邊,一架小飛機(jī)停在那里,發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)在空轉(zhuǎn)。
...idled assembly plants.
停業(yè)的裝配廠
The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罷工使約 55,000 名機(jī)械師無事可做。
We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...
露天小市場(chǎng)的三面都有小餐館，我們?cè)谄渲幸患也宛^閑呆了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...
他們到他家后，斯科比閑逛了一會(huì)兒，抽完了他的香煙。
His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
他的話不僅僅是虛張聲勢(shì)的自夸。
It was more of an idle threat than anything...
那其實(shí)是唬人的話。
It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
假裝系統(tǒng)完美無疵是徒勞的。
...idle curiosity.
無聊的好奇心
Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
布賴恩又絮絮地嘮叨了5分鐘。
I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!
我一輩子都沒碰到過像他們這樣吃白飯的工人！
...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
無所事事、整天看報(bào)紙的官僚們
...factories that had been idle for years.
已經(jīng)閑置多年的工廠
Now the machine is lying idle.
如今機(jī)器閑置著。
Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
由于原料短缺，員工們已將近一個(gè)月無事可做。
It became apparent that Dobrynin had not threatened idly.
情況變得明顯起來,多勃雷寧并沒有空洞地進(jìn)行威嚇.
期刊摘選
As they walked, Brown and Polack talked idly.
布朗和波蘭克一邊走, 一邊還說著閑話.
辭典例句
We must not let our youth slip idly by.
我們不能讓青春虛度.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
The government of this country gave warning that she could not sit idly by in the event of war.
該國(guó)政府發(fā)出警告如果戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā),她將不會(huì)置之不理.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
The satraps of Capitol Hill will not sit idly by ( David Nyhan )
國(guó)會(huì)山的官員們不會(huì)閑坐一邊的 ( 戴維尼漢 )
期刊摘選
I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it.
我漫不經(jīng)心地拿起一本雜志翻看著.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
She sat idly by and watch the child fall.
她眼看著孩子跌倒了而不管.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
Then for a time they sat idly.
后來,他們閑坐了一會(huì).
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
As she spoke, Susan idly twined a piece of wool round her finger.
蘇珊邊講邊悠閑地將一股毛線繞在手指上.
期刊摘選
He idly plucked the strings of the lute.
他漫不經(jīng)心地?fù)芘斕厍俚那傧?
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
But we cannot afford to sit idly by and expect future success.
不過,我們不可停下腳步,松懈下來,期望日后會(huì)有更大成就.
期刊摘選
In the music class that was part of his school's standard curriculum, he was playing idly on the piano and found it easy to pick out tunes.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 完形填空 原文"this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people"
