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idly

/ahyd-lee/US // ˈaɪd li //

闲着也是闲着,闲来无事,闲聊,闲置

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : without taking action or showing concern: We cannot stand idly by and let evil prevail!
    • : without apparent purpose or intention; aimlessly: He would tinker idly in his workshop for hours.
    • : in a lazy way; indolently: Neither of them does anything much in life besides live idly or recklessly.

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Examples

  • The period of time listed on this menu—ranging from 15 seconds to 30 minutes—controls how long your phone will sit idle before going into standby and displaying the lock screen.

  • Scripps may have been a millionaire – the equivalent of a billionaire today – but she was no shill for the idle rich.

  • They launched a new service – previously there was an offline point, which is now closed, and the equipment is idle.

  • These governments have been paying idled employees 60 to 90 percent of their wages through their employer.

  • So, after years of idle complaining, I finally decided to try to do something about it.

  • After idly admiring the work for almost a week, Iolas gained the courage to enter his very first gallery.

  • The street vendor, an older man in a baseball hat, sits by idly as tourists flood past the table.

  • There is more honor in death than watching a single Egyptian harmed while its Army is standing idly by.

  • "We cannot stand idly by and allow such atrocities to continue," he said.

  • After finishing his massacre, Holmes walked out to the movie-theater parking lot, and reportedly began idly firing at his car.

  • Idly his pen traced upon the paper in front of him a large X, the sign of the unknown quantity.

  • The countenances round him turned sinister, but not idly, negatively sinister: they grew dark with purpose.

  • Edna was sitting on the tabouret, idly brushing the tips of a feather duster along the carpet when he came in again.

  • The Nora lies becalmed not far from the Goodwin buoy, with her sails hanging idly on the yards.

  • He watches the budding of evil instincts, the ignoble habits idly acquired in degradation.