at a loose end

常見例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• Lacking the information needed for their project, they were for a time truly at a loose end.
  由於那項(xiàng)工程缺乏必要的資料,他們一時(shí)不知如何是好.
• In these situations, when we have free time, but we don't know what to do with it, we say we are at a loose end .
  儅我們有空卻不知道做些什麼打發(fā)的時(shí)候，我們就可以稱這種情況爲(wèi)at a loose end，無(wú)事可做，閑著。
• A: Oh, he had to cancel, so I'm at a loose end.
  A：噢，他有事取消了，所以現(xiàn)在我沒(méi)事做了。

權(quán)威例句

• All the same, his lifelong obsession with art remained undimmed right up until the end, and he complained of feeling restless and at a loose end on Mondays, the day New York galleries are closed.
  ECONOMIST: The
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