打发时间

I'll do window-shopping to kill time.

我要逛商场打发时间。

Now that your Grampa is retired,how does he spend his time?

你爷爷退休了，他是如何打发时间的呢？

I like travel, walking on the beach, ballroom dancing, music, comedy, surf on internet, watch NBA, enjoy browsing the isles of the bookstores/library/CD shop, sitting in a concert/recital/opera hall, hiking up the beautiful moutains, cozing up on sofa with a nice cup of coffee, listening to music, or the pitter patter of rain drops, sitting watching the pigeons surfing the grey sky, dreaming of suny days with lots of laugters with friends and loved ones.

我喜欢旅游，在海滩上散步，舞厅，音乐，搞笑，在互联网上冲浪，观看NBA ，喜欢浏览岛的书店/图书馆/光盘店，坐在演唱/演奏/歌剧厅，远足的美丽群山，坐在一个不错的沙发喝一杯咖啡来打发时间，听音乐，或听着雨点降落那急促的声音，坐在看鸽子在灰色天空飞翔，梦想着纽约州立大学内，有很多朋友和亲人。

If definitely gave my SAH mom something to fill her days.

当然，我妈妈成天在家，这是打发时间的很好方式。

She knocked at the door and handed the ladies-in-waiting a big old book with yellow, smudgy pages, saying it was a gift to the princess so the young lady could pass the time reading.

然后，就去敲城堡的门。她递给侍女们一本老旧的厚书，皱巴巴、脏兮兮的，说是她送给公主的一份礼物，好让公主读着它打发时间。

As a boy he enjoyed stargazing and reading old American science fiction pulp magazines (many of which made their way to the UK in ships with sailors who read them to pass the time).

在孩提时代，他喜欢仰望星空和阅读过期的美国科幻杂志（这些杂志大多数通过水手抵达英国，被用来在航海时打发时间）。

If Susanne is off somewhere,I'll kill time by looking around some.

如果苏珊娜不在，我就稍稍逛逛打发时间。

We're not exactly rich, but there is an income that allows me to goof off and write academic books.

我们虽然不是严格地富裕，不过还是有一个稳定收入来源，让我可以随意打发时间和写一些学术著作。

M: By the way, could you pick up a movie on your way over We'll make a night of it.

男：顺便提一下，你可不可以在来的途中去借一部电影我们晚上将以此打发时间。

She stopped by just to pass the time of day.

她来串门只是为了打发时间。

They weren't aggressive, but I yelled and threw a rock in their direction to get them off the trail and away from me, just in case.

他们没有侵略性，但我大喊，并在他们的方向扔石头让他们过的线索，远离我，以防万一。

In slot 2 in your bag put wrapping paper, quantity does not matter in this case.

在你的书包里槽2把包装纸、数量无关紧要。