lie idle
基本解释
- 被擱置不用
英汉例句
- Don't let state funds lie idle.
不要積壓國家資金。
《新英漢大辤典》 - 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，政府一美元的花費會帶來超過1美元的産出。 - 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産價值，之後你就陷入了各種各樣的麻煩。 - 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