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

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。
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。
Don't while away time watching television.
别将看电视作为消遣。
Bonus question: am I endangering my relationship or marriage by leaving said husband/ wife/ girlfriend/ boyfriend at home to see someone else while away?
附加问题：我把丈夫妻子女朋友男朋友留在家里，出去见其他人，会危及我的婚姻或恋爱关系吗？
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。
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。
Click here to insert the Contacts While Away section.
单击此处插入代理联系人节。
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。
Private rooms with electric massage chairs help while away the hours before takeoff, or ask one of the onsite professional masseurs for a rubdown.
带有电子信息椅的私人休息室可以帮助你消磨等待飞机的漫长时间，当然您也可以选择请一位专业按摩专家来驱散您全身的疲惫。
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。