killing time

基本解釋

An idea about killing time on the train.
在火車上消磨時間，讀什么好？
Killing time, she checked in to the restaurant and, as luck would have it, a friend who was in the neighborhood dropped by.
她去那間餐館是為了消磨時間，但幸運的是，正好鄰居有個朋友這時候去拜訪她。
The good folk of Montaillou might not be killing one another, but they were killing time -- or they would have been, had time had the same importance then as it does now.
蒙太羅的優(yōu)美民歌也許不會互相影響而導(dǎo)致某些民歌消亡，但它們可以用來消磨時間——或者它們曾經(jīng)有時候像現(xiàn)在這樣有舉足輕重的作用。

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My date and I are just killing time right now. We are just kind of hanging out.
我和約會對象會在那里逛逛，消磨時間。
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But for a long time I was chastened whenever I remembered that my mother had come close to killing me.
然而很長一段時間里,一想起母親過來揍我,我就會很聽話，“
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Perhaps you profess to read tabloids only in the supermarket line just killing time.
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