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.- 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。
- Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing old films on her video-recorder.
英英释义
verb
- spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner
双语例句
- I too pass from the night, I stay a while away O night, but I return to you again and love you.
啊，夜哟，我要离开一会，但我仍要回到你这里来，并且爱你。 - 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。 - It is foolish to while away one's time in idle talk.
把时间花费在闲聊上是很愚蠢的。 - 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。 - They while away many afternoons on the beach.
他们在海滩消磨了许多个下午。 - Click here to insert the Contacts While Away section.
单击此处插入代理联系人节。 - So we abolished that order, too, and tried to better the living of the parents while doing away with the school fee.
于是我们就把这个命令也撤消了，一方面设法改善家长的生活水平，一方面取消了学费。 - We while away the time at the airport read magezines.
我们在机场阅读杂志消磨时间。 - Books of engravings, drawers of medals, cameos, corals, shells, and every other family collection within his cabinets, had been prepared for his old friend, to while away the morning;
他为他的老朋友准备了一本本的版画册，从柜子里拿出一抽屉又一抽屉的纪念章、浮雕宝石、珊瑚、贝壳等家藏珍品，供他消磨一个上午。 - To avoid controversy, many economists choose to remain silent and while away in their complacency.
出于避免争议的考虑，经济学家们大多选择了逃避。