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.
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4. Idleness enervates the will to succeed.
懒惰削弱了成功的决心.
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5. Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
