Think of a hairdresser engaging in idle chatter with a customer at the beauty salon.

想象一下，一名理发师在美发店和顾客闲聊。

Well, actually, what I heard is... What am I doing? I shouldn't be indulging in idle gossip.

事实上，我听说......我在干什么呀？我不该沉溺于传播谣言的。

'I'll tell you in what. In idle imagination'.

'我会告诉你什么。在空想中'。

Your majesty the great sage spends his time in idle travel.

陛下 伟大的圣人总是在游手好闲中消磨时间。

What am I doing? I shouldn't be indulging in idle gossip.

我在干什么呀 我不该总是传播谣言的。

It is in our nature to create anew, to be inventive and innovative, so why languish in idle expectation of a savior from above?

创造新事物、发明创造和创新是我们的本性，那么为什么要懒惰地期待天上来的救世主呢？

" You are a sort of monster, " I added audaciously, " a Caliban who has pondered Setebos, and who acts as you act, in idle moments, by whim and fancy" .

" 你是一种怪物，" 我大胆地接下去说，" 一个思考过塞提柏斯的凯列班。 他跟你一样在闲暇的时候按照一时的兴致和幻想办事。"

But she had never seen anything; and a great longing possessed her to walk the streets of a big town on a holiday, clinging to his arm and jostled by idle crowds in their best clothes.

但她什么也没看见；她非常渴望在节日里走在大城市的街道上，挽着他的胳膊， 被穿着最好的衣服的闲散人群挤来挤去。

'In idle imagination, Gradgrind, ' repeated Bounderby. 'A very bad thing for anybody, but a cursed bad thing for a girl like Louisa. I should ask Mrs. Gradgrind's pardon for strong expressions, but that she knows very well I am not a refined character.

“在无所事事的想象中，Gradgrind，”Bounderby 重复道。 “对任何人来说都是一件非常糟糕的事情，但对像路易莎这样的女孩来说是一件被诅咒的坏事。我应该请求 Gradgrind 夫人的原谅，因为她的表情很强烈，但她很清楚我不是一个文雅的人。