消磨时光

They have nothing to do But twiddle their thumbs and.

他们闲得无聊，只好以侃大山的方式消磨时光

Heretofore, the mother, while loving her child with the intensity of a soul affection, had schooled herself to hope for little other return than the waywardness of an April breeze; which spends its time in airy sport, and has its gusts of inexplicable passion, and is petulant in its best of moods, and chills oftener than caresses you, when you take it to your bosom; in requital of which misdemeanours, it will sometimes, of its own vague purpose, kiss your cheek with a kind of doubtful tenderness, and play gently with your hair, and then be gone about its other idle business, leaving a dreamy pleasure at your heart.

孔。此前，做母亲的虽以极其专一的钟爱爱著她的孩子，却总在告诫自己，且莫指望得到比任性的四月的微风更多的回报——那微风以飘渺的运动来消磨时光，具有一种难以名状的突发的激情，会在心情最好时勃然大怒，当你放它吹进怀中时，经常是给你寒气而不是爱抚；为了补偿这种过失，它有时会出於模糊的目的，以一种值得怀疑的温柔，亲吻你的面颊，轻柔地抚弄你的头发，然后便跑到一边去作别的无所事事的举动，只在你的心中留下一种梦幻

It is only one in the zoo. Looking at the other animals under amorism, it can only stay in the corner to kill time.

它现在是园里的独苗苗，看着别的动物都在谈情说爱，它自己只能默默地呆在角落消磨时光。

Not having planned to buy anything, my wife and I paid a visit to the Times Plaza the other day. We were just wandering and wandering, hoping to spend the time meaninglessly.

前几天去时代广场逛了逛，本来没有打算买什么东西，只想漫无目的地消磨时光。

And they produce a host of books written by Musaeus and Orpheus , who were children of the Moon and the Muses--that is what they say-- according to which they perform their ritual, and persuade not only individuals, but whole cities, that expiations and atonements for sin may be made by sacrifices and amusements which fill a vacant hour, and are equally at the service of the living and the dead; the latter sort they call mysteries, and they redeem us from the pains of hell, but if we neglect them no one knows what awaits us.

人们还可以从月亮女神和缪斯女神的孩子们——默塞俄斯和俄尔甫斯的一系列著作中得到相同的印证——也就是说——依据他们在书中描写的古老风俗礼仪，当时的礼制不仅规劝个人而且号召全城老少，都应该以贡献牺牲和歌娱欢宴的方式替原罪去抵罪和赎罪以消磨时光，并且对活着的人和死去的人要一视同仁；歌娱欢宴方面的活动后来就形成了祓除祭祀之类的神秘宗教，而正是这些神秘宗教救我们逃离苦海，谁胆敢轻侮它们必会为自己招来无妄之灾。

When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful.

可当我们回忆起过去贵族们实际上是如何消磨时光时，前景就不是令人兴奋的了。

And frets his hour upon a stage...

在舞台上消磨时光。。。

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。