idleness
英 ['a?dln?s]
美['a?dln?s]
- n. 懒惰；闲散；失业
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词态变化
形容词:?idle;
英文词源
- idleness (n.)
- Old English idelnes "frivolity, vanity, emptiness; vain existence;" see idle + -ness. Old English expressed the idea we attach to in vain by in idelnisse. Spenser, Scott, and others use idlesse to mean the same thing in a positive, pleasant sense.
双语例句
- 1. Idleness is a very bad thing for human nature.
- 懒散是人性中很糟糕的一面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Braccio was a hater of idleness.
- 布拉乔痛恨游手好闲。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The closure of the large factory made many workers live in idleness.
- 那家大工厂的关闭使许多工人失业.
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- 4. Idleness enervates the will to succeed.
- 懒惰削弱了成功的决心.
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- 5. Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
- 事业虽扰人, 怠惰害更大.
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