idleness

英 ['aɪdlnəs] 美 ['aɪdlnəs]

• n. 懒惰；闲散

英英释义

Noun:

1. having no employment

2. the quality of lacking substance or value;

   "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"
   

3. the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Idleness is the parent of all vice.
   懒惰为万恶之源。
2. Idleness and luxury bring forth poverty and want.
   懒惰和奢侈导致穷困和贪欲。
3. After a period of enforced idleness, she found a new job.
   她在被迫闲散了一段时间之后找到了份新工作。
4. Idleness is the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work.
   懒散一种不愿工作的闲散表现。

经典引文

• Unable to support any of his children..in the hereditary dignity of idleness.

  出自： S. Johnson

词汇搭配

• love-in-idleness 三色紫罗兰
• idle 无目的
• eat the bread of idleness 坐食(游手好闲)...
• part-time idleness 半失业
• idleness expense 停机费用
• idleness waste 闲置所造成的损失...
• expense of idleness [经] 窝工费用...

近反义词

【近义词】

• inertia 惯性
• freedom 自由
• laziness 懒惰
• sloth 树獭
• slothfulness 怠惰
• indolence 怠情
• apathy 冷漠
• lethargy 昏睡
• sluggishness 惯性
• faineance 闲散
• idling 游手好闲
• groundlessness groundless的名...
• loafing 动词loaf的现在进行式...