idleness

US 
UK ['aɪdlnəs]
  • n.懒惰；失业；坐食；无益
  • Web赋闲无事；闲散；懒散

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n.
1.
懒惰;坐食
2.
赋闲无事,失业
3.
无益,无效

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Definition:
AllAll,懒惰懒惰,失业失业,坐食坐食,无益无益,赋闲无事赋闲无事,闲散闲散,懒散懒散
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1.
She had encouraged her mother in her idleness.
她曾经怂恿母亲懒散怠惰。
tā céng jīng sǒng yǒng mǔ qīn lǎn sǎn dài duò 。
2.
How much time has been lost in delusions, in errors, in idleness, in ignorance of how to live.
在幻想、错误、懒散和徬徨中浪费了多少时光。
zài huàn xiǎng 、 cuò wù 、 lǎn sǎn hé páng huáng zhōng làng fèi le duō shao shí guāng 。
3.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
勤奋是幸运之母，懒惰则不会使任何美好的愿望得到实现。
qín fèn shì xìng yùn zhī mǔ , lǎn duò zé bú huì shǐ rèn hé měi hǎo de yuàn wàng dé dào shí xiàn 。
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4.
Idleness, however, and the sight of the company, backed by the police, triumphing, angered the men.
可是，罢工工人无事可干，又看到公司在警察的支持下，显得神气活现，他们被惹恼了。
kě shì , bà gōng gōng rén wú shì kě gàn , yòu kàn dào gōng sī zài jǐng chá de zhī chí xià , xiǎn de shén qì huó xiàn , tā men bèi rě nǎo le 。
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5.
My mind to me a kingdom is, and it furnishes me with abundant and happy occupation in lieu of your restless idleness.
我的思想就是我的王国，它让我生活得充实快乐，而不像你游手好闲，无所事事。
wǒ de sī xiǎng jiù shì wǒ de wáng guó , tā ràng wǒ shēng huó de chōng shí kuài lè , ér bù xiàng nǐ yóu shǒu hào xián , wú suǒ shì shì 。
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6.
The only excerpt from his diary that appears in his autobiography sheds light on his true feelings for abstaining from idleness.
《艾黎自传》仅在一处摘录了他的日记，揭示了他使自己闲不住的真情实感。
《 ài lí zì zhuàn 》 jǐn zài yī chù zhāi lù le tā de rì jì , jiē shì le tā shǐ zì jǐ xián bù zhù de zhēn qíng shí gǎn 。
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7.
But it is mere idleness to say that I had not lived before - that the soul has no previous existence.
但若说我在此之前不曾生活过——我的灵魂在此之前不曾存在过，那是白费口舌。
dàn ruò shuō wǒ zài cǐ zhī qián bù céng shēng huó guò —— wǒ de líng hún zài cǐ zhī qián bù céng cún zài guò , nà shì bái fèi kǒu shé 。
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8.
the company acts to benefit itself while ignoring the good of the greatest number, resulting in economic inefficiency and idleness.
公司选择为了自己的利益而损害了大多数人的利益，结果造成经济低效率和资源浪费。
gōng sī xuǎn zé wèi le zì jǐ de lì yì ér sǔn hài le dà duō shù rén de lì yì , jié guǒ zào chéng jīng jì dī xiào lǜ hé zī yuán làng fèi 。
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9.
but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
但是，他妻子则会喋喋不休地说他游手好闲、吊儿郎当，还说这个家将毁在他的手里。
dàn shì , tā qī zi zé huì dié dié bù xiū de shuō tā yóu shǒu hào xián 、 diào er láng dāng , hái shuō zhè ge jiā jiāng huǐ zài tā de shǒu lǐ 。
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10.
Secret Number 3 (automate, automate, automate) is a great goal, but it is just a step on the path to complete idleness.
第三个秘诀（自动化）是一个大目标，但它只是实现完全清闲的过程中的一个步骤。
dì sān gè mì jué ( zì dòng huà ) shì yī gè dà mù biāo , dàn tā zhǐ shì shí xiàn wán quán qīng xián de guò chéng zhōng de yī gè bù zhòu 。
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