idleness
英 ['aɪdlnəs]***美 ['aɪdlnɪs]
中文词源
- 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》
