1.to not be used or touched by anyone for a long time
1.Corail camp resident Molane Montinor, 59, seems to gather dust as she walks with a blanket and plastic-covered tarp over her head.
Corail营驻地MolaneMontinor，59，似乎聚集了灰尘，因为她在她的头上毯子和塑料篷布覆盖各行各业。
2.But whether the Berlin framework will gather dust or be a useful document will depend on the effectiveness of the next steps.
但是柏林框架将被长期搁置还是成为一个有用的文件，这将取决于未来举措的有效性。
3.The problem for companies is working out which of these products will become a hit and which will gather dust on a shelf.
厂家的真正难题是判断：哪些产品将火爆，哪些产品将积压。
4.Meanwhile, their parents' electric carving knives, electric woks, and electric casserole warmers gather dust.
与此同时，他们父母的电切肉刀、电铁锅、电蒸锅正落满了尘土。
5.It is not a book that you pick up, read from cover to cover, and then put on a shelf to gather dust.
它并不是一本适合随便拾起，翻翻之后便搁置在书架上聚集灰尘的书。
6.A little while, and my longing shall gather dust and foam for another body.
没有多久，我的渴望将为另一个人而聚满灰尘与泡沫。
7.This makes them difficult for some people to read, and often, the classics are left to gather dust on shelves.
这使一些人阅读起来有困难，经典文学作品常常被遗忘在书架上尘封。
8.In the end, psychology left most of the volumes on happiness and the good life with philosophy, which dutifully left them to gather dust.
最后，心理学把大部分关于快乐和美好生活的书都留给了哲学，哲学则理所当然地任凭那些书落满了灰尘。
9.Various proposals to fix the deficit look set to gather dust (see article).
各种解决赤字问题的提案看上去将束之高阁。
10.Kenyans were not really waiting for yet another nice report to gather dust on the shelves.
肯亚民众实在不需要等待另一份漂亮的报告放在书架上积灰尘。