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

• To while away the day.
  消磨了一天的时间。
• 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。
• They while away many afternoons on the beach.
  他们在海滩消磨了许多个下午。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We while away the time at the airport read magezines.
  我们在机场阅读杂志消磨时间。
• A detective story helps to while away the time.
  侦探小说有助于打发时间。
• You have no choice in the memories while away endless in this earthly reincarnation.
  你也无奈于美好记忆消磨在这无尽的俗世轮回里。
• Murdoch's sprawling, leafy-green campus makes you forget that you are just a little while away from the bustle of the city.
  走在莫道克大学宽阔葱郁的校园，你很容易忘记自己与繁华热闹的城市只有一线之隔。十分友好、平易近人的教职工使学习变得容易起来。