lie idle

常見例句

雙語例句

• Don't let state funds lie idle.
  不要積壓國家資金。
  《新英漢大辭典》
• In principle, a dollar of government spending can raise output by more than a dollar if it stimulates resources that might otherwise lie idle.
  原則上如果刺激不被使用的資源，政府一美元的花費(fèi)會(huì)帶來超過1美元的產(chǎn)出。
• People and things that lie idle start to lose their productive value. Then you're into all sorts of troubles, " says Karen Ward, senior global economist at HSBC Holdings (HBC) in London.
  人和事的閑置使他們開始失去生產(chǎn)價(jià)值，之后你就陷入了各種各樣的麻煩。

權(quán)威例句

• Millions of jobs have left and thousands of plants lie idle.
  FORBES: Guest Post: Creating Jobs
• This sad little story is being mirrored all over the Gulf: hapless crews find themselves having to beg for rations while their impounded vessels lie idle in port.
  ECONOMIST: Sailors stranded in the Gulf
• Farmers can also add carbon-rich compost to the soil, and plant "cover crops" such as rye or vetch during parts of the year when land otherwise would lie idle.
  NPR: Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil
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