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

• That's the bar where Sara and I used to while away the hours between lectures.
  那就是萨拉与我过去常常消磨讲座之间几个小时的酒吧。
• 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。
• These ladies have nothing to do But sit there and twiddle their thumbs to while away their time But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about her, to pass away the time.
  她们都闲的无聊，只好坐在那里谈论别人的私事以消磨时光但是，看来并没有这种迹象，于是，她只好环视周围的一切来消磨时光。
• 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。
• Through leisure activity, the people obtain while away the time the relaxation and the individuality demonstrated that has manifested own value and the life significance, satisfied has compared the top level the energetic demand.
  通过休闲活动，人们获得消遣放松和个性展示，体现了自身价值和生命意义，满足了较高层次的精神需求。
• They while away many afternoons on the beach.
  他们在海滩消磨了许多个下午。
• 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。
• While away at summer school, my teen-age daughter, Erin, became friendly with two other girls.
  我十来岁的女儿埃里因在暑期学校里和两个女孩儿交上了朋友。
• 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。
• No other camera will render the subject this sharp while melting away the background so smoothly.
  没有其他房间将使这一主题尖锐而融化的背景如此顺利。