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idleness

英 ['aɪdlnəs] 美 ['aɪdlnɪs]

解释

n. 懒惰；闲散；失业

※ 提供单词"idleness"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

1. Idleness is a very bad thing for human nature.: 懒散是人性中很糟糕的一面。

2. Braccio was a hater of idleness.: 布拉乔痛恨游手好闲。

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.

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

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