【常用英文】（5）“打发时间”英文怎么说？

❶ kill time“打发时间，消磨时间”

英语解释为to engage in an activity,

usually a rather aimless or idle one,

with the goal of making time seem to pass more quickly or less slowly。

泛指做点事消磨时间。

【例句】

Some people prefer to kill time in the office after work.

一些人宁愿在办公室消磨时间。

I know what we can do to kill time.

我知道我们要怎么打发时间了。《摩登家庭》

❷ 还可以使用：while away

多指做一些轻松愉快事来打发时间（to spend time in a relaxed way because you have nothing to do）其后需接表示时间概念的名词作宾语。

【例句】

We whiled away the afternoon playing cards in front of the fire.

我们下午坐在炉火边打牌来消磨时间。

❸ 打发时间 pass the time

    pass the time“打发时间”英语解释为to engage in some activity during periods of spare time。

【例句】

We played cards to pass the time.

我们打扑克牌打发时间。

I'm just passing the time.

我就是消磨下时间。

❹ dawdle away、loiter away、idle away 这三个动词短语表示“浪费时间”（to spend time idly）；或指“虚度光阴”、“混日子”

（to waste one's time in idleness，

to let aperiod of time slip away）。

需接表示时间概念的名词作宾语。

这三个动词短语常可换用，

区别不大。