pastime [ˈpæstaɪm]

例句:

• Gone are the days when tennis was a genteel pastime.
  来自THETIMES
• Learning should no longer be an elitist pastime for the chosen few.
  学习不应再是少数人的高级消遣。
  
• Playing chess is his favourite pastime.
  下棋是他最喜爱的消遣.
  
• His favourite pastime is golf.
  他最喜欢的消遣是打高尔夫。
  
• Plays...formed a large...part of such literary pastime as existed.
  来自G. Saintsbury
• Celebrating Vegemite's acquired taste is a national pastime.
  来自WSJ