while away

英 [waɪl əˈweɪ]

美 [waɪl əˈweɪ]

消磨，打发（时间）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 消磨，打发(时间)
  If youwhile awaythe time in a particular way, you spend time in that way, because you are waiting for something else to happen, or because you have nothing else to do.
  1. Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing old films on her video-recorder.
     贝内特小姐用录像机播放老电影来消磨时间。

英英释义

verb

• spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner
  Synonym:get through

双语例句

• A detective story helps to while away the time.
  侦探小说有助于打发时间。
• She saw Fang was a second-class passenger and thought he might make a good companion to while away the time during the trip.
  她看方鸿渐是坐二等的，人还过得去，不失为旅行中消遣的伴侣。
• Shrewdly, the hotel realised that, with so many night flights out of Hong Kong, guests who had already checked out needed somewhere to while away the time.
  这家酒店精明地认识到，香港有很多航班在夜间起飞，已经退房的客人需要有地方消磨时间。
• When I had the joyous job of reporting on Asia for the FT, I used to while away many a waiting hour at airports trying to guess the nationalities of my fellow passengers.
  当我负责英国《金融时报》亚洲报道这一令人喜爱的工作时，曾多次利用在机场等候的时间，观察和我一样的乘客，试图猜出他们的国籍。
• To while away the day.
  消磨了一天的时间。
• Forward Dirk Kuyt is out with a shoulder injury sustained while away with Holland while Joe Cole serves the final game of his three-match suspension.
  裤子在代表荷兰队参赛期间肩膀受伤将会缺席比赛，小乔将会继续履行他的三场禁赛的最后一场。
• Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing old films on her video-recorder.
  贝内特小姐用录像机播放老电影来消磨时间。
• I don't know how to while away the long vacation.
  这么长的假期，真不知道该怎么打发才好。
• Those behaviors and attitudes can "seriously impair" experiences while away at camp, boarding school, college or the hospital, he said.
  无论是外出露营还是在住宿学校，大学或者医院，这些行为和态度使其经历减色不少。
• Click here to insert the Contacts While Away section.
  单击此处插入代理联系人节。