消磨

Avoid bars and lounges when you are just killing time in an airport or train station.

当你在飞机场或者火车站消磨时光时，避开酒吧或休闲室。

Most of the roughly 1,800 species of mantids—often called praying mantises—spend their time sitting and waiting, seemingly at prayer.

粗略估计有1800种类的螳螂――通常叫祈祷螳螂――它消磨自己的时间在座等或等候，表面上看在祈祷。

He doesn't work and just messes around watching TV and reading magazines.

他不去工作，只是靠看电视和杂志来消磨时光。

She was miffed by his sudden aloofness, and spent the rest of the day wondering why the opinion of a hired man should matter to her.

她有点气愤，因为他突然离开，她想知道为什么佣人的主意会对她很重要，以此来消磨这天剩下的时间。

Reading,to most people,means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name.

读书对大多数人而言是高尚的名称掩盖下消磨时间的可耻方式。

The most horrible thing in our life is certainly to be afraid of failure.

终有一天你会发现，人生的多数时光是在等待中消磨度过的。

The most horrible thing in our life is certainly to be afraid of failure.

杂谈终有一天你会发现，人生的多数时光是在等待中消磨度过的。

It is also one of the most openly family friendly Dubai resorts; with a children's club and babysitting facilities, you can keep the kids entertained as you while away the hours in the superb spa.

这也是一个最公开家庭友好迪拜度假村；与儿童俱乐部和照顾设施，您可以随时向你能让孩子消磨时间的高超温泉。

Then I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time with it, while my companion munched silently at his toast.

于是我从桌上拿起一本杂志翻翻，借此消磨等待的时间，而我的同伴却一声不响地只管嚼着他的面包。

The next two days were spent in fruitless parleys.

其后两日是消磨于毫无结果的谈判中。

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。