消磨

Life's but a waking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.

生活就像是行走的影子，是一个在舞台上踱来踱去的，焦躁的消磨自己时光的拙劣演员。

I began now to think my cave or vault finished, whenon a sudden (it seems I had made it too large) a great quantity ofearth fell down from the top on one side; so much that, in short,it frighted me, and not without reason, too, for if I had beenunder it, I had never wanted a gravedigger.

虽然小时候父亲一直谆谆教诲我，但八年来，我一直过着水手的生活，染上了水手的种种恶习；我交往的人也都和我一样，邪恶缺德，不信上帝。所以，我从父亲那儿受到的一点点良好的教育，也早就消磨殆尽了。这么多年来，我不记得自己曾经敬仰过上帝，也没有反省过自己的行为。

Our life is frittered away by detail !

我们的生活被琐事消磨掉了！

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

&我们的生命被细节消磨掉了，要简化，简化。&

I recently made up a completely inaccurate statistic that 90% of time at work is spent goofing off online.

我最近提出了一个完全不准确的统计，90％的时间在工作时间消磨时间线上。

Hobnobbed with officers and businessmen—and this was how he spent his evening, lounging on the human mattress!

与政府官员和商人非常亲近，怪不得他可以消磨他的夜晚，躺在舒服的人肉气垫上！

I'd also be spending every evening honing things.

我每天晚上还可以只是消磨时间。

He idled the days away, talking and watching television.

他天天在闲聊和看电视中消磨时光。

They idled the days away, talking and watching television.

他们天天在闲聊和看电视中消磨时光。

He idles the days away, talking and watching television.

他天天在闲聊和看电视中消磨时光。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。