whiled
v.
消磨,打发(时间)( while的过去式和过去分词 );
(愉快而懒散地)度过(时间)(常与 away 连用);
例句:
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Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing old films on her video-recorder.
贝内特小姐用录像机播放老电影来消磨时间。
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It was mostly in this manner that he whiled away his days.
他的时间就是这样地浪费了的.
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She whiled away the hours of waiting by looking at the shops.
她以浏览橱窗来消磨等候的时间.
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I whiled away the afternoon trying without success to fly a kite in the slack wind.
来自WSJ
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And so three hours were whiled away, giving the appearance that necessary reforms are underway.
来自FORBES