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

• 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。
• Click here to insert the Contacts While Away section.
  单击此处插入代理联系人节。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They while away many afternoons on the beach.
  他们在海滩消磨了许多个下午。
• 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。
• 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。