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。
牛津词典
He wondered idly what would happen.
他漫不经心地幻想着会发生什么事。
牛津词典
She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink.
她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。
牛津词典
Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.
她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命,发动机在空转。
Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...
在树林的那一边,一架小飞机停在那里,发动机在空转。
...idled assembly plants.
停业的装配厂
The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。
We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...
露天小市场的三面都有小餐馆，我们在其中一家餐馆闲呆了很长时间。
When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...
他们到他家后，斯科比闲逛了一会儿，抽完了他的香烟。
His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
It was more of an idle threat than anything...
那其实是唬人的话。
It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
...idle curiosity.
无聊的好奇心
Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!
我一辈子都没碰到过像他们这样吃白饭的工人！
...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
...factories that had been idle for years.
已经闲置多年的工厂
Now the machine is lying idle.
如今机器闲置着。
Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。
It became apparent that Dobrynin had not threatened idly.
情况变得明显起来,多勃雷宁并没有空洞地进行威吓.
期刊摘选
As they walked, Brown and Polack talked idly.
布朗和波兰克一边走, 一边还说着闲话.
辞典例句
We must not let our youth slip idly by.
我们不能让青春虚度.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The satraps of Capitol Hill will not sit idly by ( David Nyhan )
国会山的官员们不会闲坐一边的 ( 戴维尼汉 )
期刊摘选
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.
《简明英汉词典》
She sat idly by and watch the child fall.
她眼看着孩子跌倒了而不管.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Then for a time they sat idly.
后来,他们闲坐了一会.
《简明英汉词典》
As she spoke, Susan idly twined a piece of wool round her finger.
苏珊边讲边悠闲地将一股毛线绕在手指上.
期刊摘选
He idly plucked the strings of the lute.
他漫不经心地拨弄着鲁特琴的琴弦.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
期刊摘选
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.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文"this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people"
