Well, let's get on to the Buying Department. I only heard about the delay yesterday because we kept the production line clear to handle these special sheets. It's a dreadful nuisance.

好吧，我们去和采购部协商一下吧。延迟交货我也是昨天才知道的，为了处理这些特殊订单我们的生产线一直处于闲置状态。这真是太糟糕了。

I'm the landlord, and this place was vacant.

我是房东 而且这里闲置着。

At the start of 2020, private equity firms held $1.45tn in what they call " dry powder" , and what the rest of us call " cash" : piles of money sitting around awaiting investment. Just imagine what you could do with it.

2020初，私人股本公司持有1.45万亿美元的“干粉”，以及我们其余人所称的“现金”：有成堆的闲置资金等待投资，想象一下你能用它来做。

Savings stashed away as idle gold could be put to more productive use elsewhere.

用来存储闲置黄金的储蓄本可以有其他更有成效的用途。

It was the site of a 2006 fire and has remained vacant ever since.

2006时那里曾发生过火灾，而后一直闲置。

So the old base sat idle for years, but not anymore.

因此，老基地闲置多，但不再是了。

That's over 1,000 hotel rooms still lying empty and waiting for one of the shortest ski seasons in Europe.

1000多家酒店客房仍处于闲置状态并且等待着欧洲最短的滑雪季节到来。

That of course includes, on top of your car keys, your phone, and your dangly necklace, all other small objects laying around your house - like LEGO bricks!

当然，这包括你的车钥匙、你的手机还有你的吊坠项链，还包括所有家里闲置的小物件，比如乐高积木！

Like many European carriers, most of Lufthansa's fleet remains idle ever since the coronavirus outbreak.

和许多欧洲航空公司一样，自从冠状病毒爆发后，汉莎航空的大部分机队仍然处于闲置状态。

Over time, as the invading pathogen dies off, most of the B and T cells die of neglect, but a few turn into memory B cells and memory T cells, which linger for years in case they're needed in the future.

时间不断推移，随着入侵病原体的死亡，大多数B细胞和T细胞会因闲置而死亡，但一小部分会转变成记忆B细胞和记忆T细胞；它们会逗留多，以备不时之需。

Workers are unemployed and factories are sitting unused.

表现为工人失业，工厂闲置。

The FAA said the plane sitting idle could cause a critical valve to fail risking catastrophic dual engine power loss in flight.

美国联邦航空局表示，飞机闲置可能会导致一个关键阀门失灵，可能导致飞行中双引擎功率损失。

The roads cannot handle that much heavy traffic; the alternative ports have limited spare capacity.

道路无法承受那大的交通流量；替代港口的闲置容量有限。

'All those rooms empty! ' said Tess, 'and we have no shelter! '

“所有的房间都是闲置着的！” 苔丝说，“而我们连个可以遮蔽的地方都没有！”

We built the fences to stop thieves and idling animals from entering the farm.

我们筑起栅栏以防小偷和闲置的动物进入农场。

We were able to salvage 80% of the original concrete structure, which amounts to approximately 24,000 cubic metres. As Shenzhen continues to expand there isn't room for these old buildings to sit there and become disused.

我们抢救出了 80% 的原有混凝土结构，约 24,000 立方米。随着深圳的不断扩容，这些老旧建筑已没有被闲置的空间了。

Anyway, it had to be done, because so much of the shopfloor was empty.

无论如何，这是必须要做的事情，因为太多的车间是闲置的。

And don't forget that idle minds create the poverty consciousness.

别忘了，闲置的头脑会造成贫困意识。

Much of it is buried in unused sites at Cape Canaveral.

其中大部分被埋在卡纳维拉尔角的闲置地点。

You probably still have some laying around from COVID.

你可能还有些疫情闲置口罩。