idle

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.i·dle¹ /ˈaɪdl/ BrE AmE adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: idel]
1. not working or producing anything OPP busy:
I cannot afford to leave the land lying idle.
The whole team stood idle, waiting for the mechanic.
The workers have been idle for the last six months.
2. not serious, or not done with any definite intention:
She was not a woman to make idle threats.
idle chatter/talk/gossip etc
It was only from idle curiosity that she went into the barn.
3. lazy:
Go and wake up that idle brother of yours.
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Idle sounds rather old-fashioned and literary. In everyday English, people usually say lazy:
▪ She's not stupid, just lazy.
4. it is idle to do something it is not worth doing something, because nothing will be achieved:
It would be idle to deny that progress was made.
5. the idle rich rich people who do not have to work
—idleness noun [uncountable]
—idly adverb:
They sat chatting idly.
I cannot stand idly by and let him take the blame.
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THESAURUS
▪ lazy not liking work or physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything: a lazy student | You make your own breakfast! Don't be so lazy!
▪ idle lazy and not doing enough work. Idle sounds rather formal and is becoming old-fashioned. In everyday English, people usually use lazy: The beggars were too idle to look for work. | Her son was bone idle (=extremely lazy).
▪ indolent formal lazy and living a comfortable life: He spent an indolent first year at Oxford. | the indolent son of a wealthy landowner
▪ shiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life: her shiftless husband
▪ work-shy British English lazy and trying to avoid any work: He was work-shy, and no one could remember when he’d last held a job.
▪ slothful formal lazy and not liking physical activity: Her advice to slothful Americans is: ‘Get out there and walk!’
II.idle² BrE AmE verb
1. [intransitive] if an engine idles, it runs slowly while the vehicle, machine etc is not moving:
He flicked a switch and let the boat idle.
2. [intransitive] to spend time doing nothing:
Sometimes he went for a walk; sometimes he just idled.
3. [transitive] American English to stop using a factory or stop providing work for your workers, especially temporarily SYN shut down:
The company has idled a number of its US plants indefinitely.
idle something ↔ away phrasal verb
to spend time in a relaxed way, doing nothing:
They idled their time away in the pub.

idlehu

◎	['aidl]
※	tính từ
	■	không làm gì cả hoặc không có việc gì làm, nhàn rỗi
		☆	many people were idle during the depression
			nhiều người không có việc làm trong thời kỳ suy thoái
	■	không làm ăn gì cả, ăn không ngồi rồi, lười nhác
		☆	an idle boy
			một đứa bé lười nhác
	■	không có công ăn việc làm, thất nghiệp
		☆	idle men
			những người không có công ăn việc làm
	■	(kỹ thuật) để không, không dùng đến
		☆	idle machines
			máy để không
	■	vô ích, vô hiệu quả, không tác dụng, không đi đến đâu
		☆	in a fit of idle rage
			trong một cơn giận dữ không đi đến đâu
	■	không đâu, không căn cứ, vẩn vơ, vu vơ
		☆	idle rumors
			những lời đồn không đâu, những lời đồn không căn cứ
		☆	idle talks
			chuyện không đâu, chuyện vẩn vơ
		☆	idle fears
			những nỗi sợi hãi không đâu
	〆	the devil makes work for idle hands
		✓	nhàn cư vi bất thiện
※	nội động từ
	■	ăn không ngồi rồi, không làm ăn gì cả đi vẩn vơ; để thời gian trôi qua vô ích
	■	(kỹ thuật) quay không, chạy không (máy động cơ...)
※	ngoại động từ ((thường) + away)
	■	ăn không ngồi rồi để lãng phí (thời gian); để (thời gian) trôi qua vô ích
		☆	to idle away one's time
			ăn không ngồi rồi lãng phí thời gian
	■	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) làm cho thất nghiệp
※	danh từ
	■	tình trạng nhàn rỗi
	■	sự chạy không
		☆	to keep a motor at an idle
			cho máy chạy không

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jobless, out of work, dead, loose, light, unused, baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild, laze, slug, stagnate, tick over
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  busy, work, run