wile away
基本解释
- 消遣；消磨
英汉例句
- To the moment they have enough time to wile away.
到片刻，他们有充足的时间欺骗离开。 - It was also considered that if someone had hours to wile away, they should be practicing their archery, not whacking at wooden balls with mallets.
当时认为，如果谁整天有几个小时来消遣，他理应把这些时间用在训练箭术上，而不要用木槌对着木球敲敲打打。 - It is no accident that close on 500m people—half of all internet users—find Facebook an engaging, enjoyable and even addictive place to wile away their hours.
这并非偶然，5亿用户——半数网民——发现Facebook是个吸引人、充满乐趣、甚至让人成瘾的消磨时间的好去处。 - Why not wile away the hours in a rocking chair?
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