Idleness is the root of all evils.

懒惰是丑恶的根源。

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.

工作的时候一点儿也不觉得累，如果闲着无事反而会使我委顿不堪了。

Inertia, slothfulness, idleness, and apathy are used as criticisms and insults against individuals and groups of people.

惰性、懒惰、懒散和冷漠这些词被视为对别人的批评和侮辱。

Little Hugh Idle, however, had learned a good lesson, and from that time forward was diligent at his task, because he now knew that diligence is not a whit more toilsome than sport or idleness.

休学到了很好的一课，从这一刻开始，他勤奋学习，因为他现在明白了勤奋不比游戏或偷懒更辛苦。

One can never deny the fact that we all suffer from such human weaknesses as idleness, moodiness, jealousy and vanity to some extent.

人们无法否认的事实是我们都会遇到苦难，弱点，例如疾病、情绪化、嫉妒、虚荣。

Henceforth I know that to court idleness is to steal food, clothing, and warmth from those I love.

我终于醒悟到，若是懒惰，无异于从我所爱之人手中窃取食物和衣裳。

Beth kept on, with only slight relapses into idleness or grieving.

贝往常一样，只是略有一点回复到从前的那种懒散或伤心。

After those weeks of idleness in London, with nothing to do, whenever he wanted anything, but to press a switch or turn a handle, it was pure delight to be doing something that demanded skill and patience.

他在伦敦度过了几周游手好闲、无事可做的日子，需要什么只需按一下按钮或是拉一拉手柄。现在做起需要技巧和耐心的工作来竟纯粹是一种享受了。

In America, the answer is clear. People would do just about anything to avoid being left with their own thoughts. Past research, for instance, has found people to be (irrationally) averse to idleness and motivated by busyness.

在美国，答案是显而易见的。 人们为了避免独处考，几乎愿意做任何事情。 举个例子，过去有研究发现，人们（非理性地）厌恶懒惰，并被忙碌所驱使。

When we are asked to stay away from school, and spend in idleness or mischief the time which ought to be spent in study, we should at once say No.

如果有人叫我们逃学，懒散度日或者把应该用于学习的时间用来调皮捣蛋，我们应该马上说“不”。

He used to say that there are only two sources of human vice -- idleness and superstition, and only two virtues -- activity and intelligence.

他常说，人类罪恶的根源只有两种：懒惰与迷信。美德也只有两种：勤劳与智慧。

Machines were expected to do our work for us, leaving us with ever-increasing quantities of time to waste away on idleness and pleasure.

那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作，我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。

Not only was he ignorant of everything written on Faria's cloth, but also he had wasted his prison years in idleness.

他不仅仅是因为自己对法利亚衣物上的文字一窍不通而哭泣，还在为自己数年来无所事事浪费了光阴而难过。

How strange it is that any person should be willing to live in idleness, when it will certainly make him unhappy!

浑浑噩噩地活着只会让人不快乐，但还有人愿意如此生活，这是多么奇怪啊！

10. Some studies suggest that people dread idleness.

10. 一些研究表明，人们害怕无所事事。

But very few of us know what to do with idleness.

不过很少有人知道要怎么 才能做到无所事事。

Idleness is a great sin, and I certainly don't like any of my friends to be idle or sluggish.

懒情是一件大罪，我当然不喜欢我的朋友是个懒汉了。

Then as now, I tend to go through periods of idleness followed by periods of workaholic frenzy.

那时候乃至现在，我都有种习惯，一阵过得特别闲散，接下来一阵又像工作狂一样大干不止。

Such are the wages of idleness.

这些就是懒惰者的代价。

In the presence of all these, he must rise and recite to a professor. Poor fellow! He paid dearly for his idleness.

在所有这些情形下，他必须站起来，面对教授背诵。可怜的家伙！他为懒惰付出了高昂的代价。