He preferred to be working instead of idling about. 他宁愿工作而不愿游手好闲。
Sam was a very active sort of person and could not bear to see the lazy fellow idling about in the office this afternoon. 萨姆是个很积极的人,看到那懒小伙今天下午在办公室里游手好闲的样子,他真受不了。
Cabinet and residential furniture plants are making more components in-house rather than idling their own facilities and workers. 橱柜和民用家具工厂会制造更多的库存部件而不是闲置他们的设备和工人。
We heard the sound of an engine idling. 我们听到发动机空转的声音。