Was heißt »ta­ten­los« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Dinge nahmen ihren Lauf, und er sah tatenlos zu.

Things took their course, and he stood idly by.

Wie können nicht tatenlos zusehen.

We can't just stand idly by.

Er sah, statt ihr zu Hilfe zu kommen, tatenlos zu.

He stood idly by instead of coming to her aid.

Instead of coming to her aid, he stood there watching.

Synonyme

be­quem:

comfortable

comfy

faul:

rotten

mü­ßig:

futile

idle

otiose

pointless

useless

pas­siv:

passive

phleg­ma­tisch:

phlegmatic

trä­ge:

lazy

un­tä­tig:

idle

Antonyme

ak­tiv:

active

tä­tig:

active

Englische Beispielsätze

• The volcano has been inactive for a long time.

• The report says the biggest gender gaps are seen in the United States and Ireland where 15 percent more girls than boys were physically inactive.

• You are as inactive as a bagpiper’s pinky.

• Olympus Mons, an inactive volcano on Mars, spreads over an area as large as the state of Arizona.

• Long after you've become inactive, your mistakes, if not corrected, will live on to mislead future users.