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.
雙語例句
1. Idleness is a very bad thing for human nature.
懶散是人性中很糟糕的一面。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Braccio was a hater of idleness.
布拉喬痛恨游手好閑。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The closure of the large factory made many workers live in idleness.
那家大工廠的關閉使許多工人失業.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Idleness enervates the will to succeed.
懶惰削弱了成功的決心.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.