4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year.

4千名工人在今年最初的27个星期中有12个星期无事可干。

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A year ago more than half of manufacturing capacity was still idle.

一年前，该行业一半以上的产能仍然闲置。

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Toyota sales were down 16% for the year, forcing the company to idle its new pickup plant in Texas for three months.

丰田汽车年销量下降16%，迫使该公司将位于德克萨斯州的新皮卡工厂停工三个月。

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The equipment is expensive and is inevitably idle most of the year because it has to process a crop quickly, since sorghum, whose stem juice is anywhere from 12% to 20% sugar, spoils quickly.

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The way utilities now meet demand spikes is to attach an extra natural-gas-fired generator or two to the grid and let it sit idle for most of the year.

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How can you make money in the market if stocks sit idle for the balance of the year?

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