Idly

(adv.) in an idle manner; 'this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people'.

编辑:卡罗尔

• Nothing more was said on this theme, and Mr. Harthouse was soon idly gay on indifferent subjects. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• They are beautiful, replied Crispin idly; I have often thought of translating some of them into English. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I wonder you don't smoke, Caliphronas, said Maurice, idly watching the Greek with half-closed eyes. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Wildeve laughed to himself, remained a moment thinking, and idly returned to the front room. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time, loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Or Hylas, suggested the Rector idly. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He often left Perdita, to wander in the grounds alone; or in a light shallop he floated idly on the pure waters, musing deeply. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The gushing fountains which sparkle in the sun, must not be stopped in mere caprice; the oasis in the desert of Sahara must not be plucked up idly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• At first I found Mr. Skimpole there, on two or three occasions, idly playing the piano and talking in his usual vivacious strain. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The poet was evidently inspired by Byron, remarked Crispin, idly fingering the piano keys; I expect he wrote it after the 'Isles of Greece,' song. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He was idly beating the branches as he lounged along: or he stooped viciously to rip the moss from the trees with his stick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Such feeling as Eustacia had idly given to Wildeve was dammed into a flood by Thomasin. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He stopped idly, and looked at them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She idly watched him as he occasionally climbed up in the nook of the bank and stood beside the brands. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And yet my thoughts were idle; not intent on the calamity that weighed upon my heart, but idly loitering near it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He that spends a groat a day idly, spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Keep it, certainly, said Wildeve, who had idly watched the scene from a distance. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Mr. Blake idly turned over the books on his bedroom table. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• A shilling spent idly by a fool may be picked up by a wiser person, who knows better what to do with it. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• But the wind blew idly over it, and no sound arose to the surface, and they sat upon the grass, waiting and waiting. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The reddleman suddenly ceased to talk idly. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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