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
- While away from the game show's host, as well as about half the time now not sure.
虽然离电玩展的举办，还有半个月左右的时间目前不能肯定。 - 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。 - 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。 - A detective story helps to while away the time.
侦探小说有助于打发时间。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The Bulgarian striker picked up the problem while away on international in midweek and will definitely sit out the Red Devils'Premier League clash with Aston Villa on Saturday.
这位保加利亚前锋是在周中的国际友谊赛中代表祖国客场挑战塞尔维亚的时候受伤的。他将肯定缺席曼联本轮客场对阵阿斯顿维拉的比赛。 - Click here to insert the Contacts While Away section.
单击此处插入代理联系人节。