1·Don't let the machine stand idle!
别让机器闲着！
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·Could you stand idle when the house was on fire?
房子着了火，你能袖手旁观吗？
3·I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people.
我面对的世界，因为它是，不能站在面对的威胁给美国人民处于空闲状态。
4·In his acceptance speech, he said he would not stand idle in the face of threats to American people.
在他的获奖演说中，他说他不会对面对美国人民的威胁袖手旁观。
5·WITH flaking paint and rusty doors, many factories in the province of Biella in north-west Italy stand idle.
在意大利西北部比耶拉省（Biella），许多工厂歇业停产，一道道门油漆脱落，锈迹斑斑。
6·I won't stand idle though, and I will launch a new project — a SAX handler compiler — in the next column.
但我不想闲着，在下一篇专栏文章中，我将启动一个新的项目—SAX处理程序编译器。
7·Though Wenzhou's streets rumble round-the-clock with heavy truck traffic and its skyline is studded with cranes, many workshops and smaller factories stand idle and padlocked.
尽管温州的街道仍一天二十四小时充斥着载重卡车车流的轰隆声，天空的轮廓里点缀着起重机的身影，许多车间和小工厂却正闲置着，甚至干脆大门紧锁。
8·Here's old Ratty! 'they cried as soon as they saw him.' Come and bear a hand, Rat, and do not stand about idle!
“河鼠兄来啦！”他们一见河鼠，便喊了起来。“快过来帮一手，河鼠，别在那儿愣着！”