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idleness

英 ['aɪdlnəs] 美['aɪdlnɪs]
  • n. 懒惰;闲散;失业

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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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Idleness enervates the will to succeed.
懒惰削弱了成功的决心.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
事业虽扰人, 怠惰害更大.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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