相信每个单位的老板最不喜欢看到的一件事儿，就是员工们都在那闲呆着......

我们公司大BOSS就有一句著名的口头禅~

Don't just stand around，do something，come on!

看到这句话，大家可能会对"stand around"有所误解，它可不是“围成圈儿站着"哟，这个短语其实是"无所事事地呆着、懒散地消磨时间"的意思，所以老板那句口头禅翻译过来就是"别杵在那儿发呆啦，赶紧干活！"

stand around

闲着不做事；闲呆着；无所事事地站着；懒散地消磨时间

【En】

To stand somewhere and not do anything.

站在某个地方什么都不做。

To stand in or around a single location, idly wasting time.

站在一个地方或周围，无所事事地浪费时间。

To stand idly near a location.

无所事事地站在某个地点附近。

● We stood around saying goodbye for a while.

我们站在那里告别了好一会儿。

【Scenario Example 场景示例】

● Please don't stand around. Get busy!

别在那儿傻站着。忙活起来!

● Stop standing around and help me push this car off the road!

别站着了，帮我把车推离马路！

● You think I pay you to stand around and yap?

你以为我花钱雇你们是让你们游手好闲唧唧歪歪的吗？

● I thought the farm would be fun for the kids, but they all just stood around looking bored.

我原以为孩子们会在农场里玩得很开心，但是他们都站在那里，一副无聊的样子。

● I can't stand around and do nothing', I have to be busy at all times.

我就是不能无所事事，什么都不干，必须得忙个不停。

● He'd be damned if he'd stand around arguing with such a man.

傻瓜才跟这种人闲着磨牙。

● We stood around in the cold for about an hour, waiting for the demo to start.

我们在严寒中干站了约1个小时等着演示开始。

● Don't stand around gaping.

别张着嘴呆立在那儿。

● Don't stand around doing nothing. Help me clean the table.

别站在那儿什么也不干，来帮我收拾桌子。

● I stand around chatt with someone.

我在那边站着和某人聊天。

● Why are all these people standing around doing nothing?

为什么这些人都站在那儿什么也不做?

● That assistant just stands around while other people work.

其他人工作时，那个助理就站在旁边呆着。

● I've been standing around waiting for you.

我一直站在这儿等你。

● There was nothing to do, so we just stood around.

无事可做，我们就傻站着。

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