idly

美 [ˈaɪdli]英 [ˈaɪdli]
  • adv.漫不经心地;闲散地;无理由地;无目的地
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adv.

无理由地;无目的地;漫不经心地;闲散地
without any particular reason, purpose or effort; doing nothing

She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink.

她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。

He wondered idly what would happen.

他漫不经心地幻想着会发生什么事。

We can't stand idly by (= do nothing) and let people starve.

我们不能袖手旁观,让一些人挨饿。

adv

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in an idle manner
this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people
Synonym: lazily

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  1. He wondered idly what would happen .

    他漫不经心地幻想着会发生什么事。

  2. She stared at the floor , idly playing with the strap of her handbag .

    她眼睛盯着地板,漫不经心地摆弄着手提包的带子。

  3. We can 't stand idly by and let people starve .

    我们不能袖手旁观,让一些人挨饿。

  4. She sat in the sun , idly sipping a cool drink .

    她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。

  5. He sat turning the pages idly .

    他坐在那里无所事事地翻着书。

  6. She idly pulled at a loose thread on her skirt .

    她无聊地扯着裙子上一根松掉的线头。

  7. The use of ozone-depleting chemicals grew dramatically and the government sat idly by .

    消耗臭氧的化学物质的使用急剧增多,政府却坐视不理。

  8. He picked up a pencil and toyed with it idly .

    他捡起一支铅笔,无所事事地摆弄着。

  9. I was flicking idly through a newspaper while awaiting the arrival of orange juice and coffee

    我一边无所事事地翻着报纸,一边等着我点的橙汁和咖啡。

  10. We must not let our youth slip idly by .

    我们不能让青春虚度。

  11. The government of this country gave warning that she could not sit idly by in the event of war .

    该国政府发出警告如果战争爆发,她将不会置之不理。

  12. How can we sit idly by and watch him go astray ?

    咱们哪能眼看着他走邪道不管呢?

  13. He sat on the bed , idly plucking the strings of his guitar .

    他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。

  14. However , one day , in the music class that was part of his school 's standard curriculum , he was playing idly on the piano and found it easy to pick out tunes .

    然而有一天,他在学校标准课程里的音乐课上随意地弹了弹钢琴,竟发现自己很容易就能辨别不同音调。

  15. For a while he let his eyes idly follow the preying bird .

    他自己的眼睛随着寻食的鸟毫无目的地看了一会儿

  16. I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it .

    我漫不经心地拿起一本杂志翻看着。

  17. The word flaneur , a saunterer or " man about town " comes from the French fl â ner , " to saunter idly " , and first appeared in English around 1854 .

    Flaneur一词来源于法语flâner,指“闲逛”或“闲逛的人”,在1854年左右成为英语词汇首次出现。

  18. He wondered idly whether he would get back his old job .

    他百无聊赖地想道,不知道能不能重新得到原来的工作。

  19. Rice has been suspended idly for two games this week .

    赖斯本周已经被停赛两场。

  20. It is increasingly hard to imagine China standing idly by .

    我们越来越难以想象中国会对此不理不睬。

  21. I will not stand idly by when they need my help .

    当他们需要我帮助时,我不会袖手旁观。

  22. Idly , I d like to look at the causes of the damage .

    其次,我想分析一下造成货损的原因。

  23. We mustn 't stand idly by without lending a helping hand .

    我们不能袖手旁观,一点忙都不帮。

  24. But we cannot afford to sit idly by and expect future success .

    不过,我们不可停下脚步,松懈下来,期望日后会有更大成就。

  25. How many days have been idly spent ;

    无端虚掷了多少时光;

  26. Instead , the query sits idly by until the data is actually needed .

    相反地,查询站点一直闲置,直到真正需要数据时才启动。

  27. He sat there idly turning the pages of a book .

    他无聊地坐在那儿翻著书。

  28. He was idly turning the pages of a book .

    他在无聊地翻着书页。

  29. At a small inn he idly watches two people boating on the river .

    他在一家小酒店闲坐,无意中瞧见两个人在河上划船。

  30. He looked idly at the ribbon of road ahead of them .

    他漫不经心地望着前面那条长带似的道路。