对于很多人来说,打发时间最有效的方法就是玩手机,刷小视频了,说好了就玩十分钟,转眼间不知不觉就过了一小时,时间就这样悄然逝去!
那么今天的知识点来了,如何用英文表达“打发时间”呢?大家来和小航一起来学习下吧!
1. “打发时间”英文怎么说?
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
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》
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。
2. 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
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。
另外还有
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。
3. 争取时间 buy time
(1) buy time表示“争取时间,拖延时间”
(2) buy和time之间可以加some、more等。
buy some time “争取一些时间”
buy more time “争取更多时间”
(3) buy sb. time “为某人争取时间”
例
The board will be descending at any moment. I need to buy some time.
董事会的人随时回来,我需要争取一些时间。
We'll buy you time.
我们会给你争取时间。
4. 忘记时间 lose track of time
(1) lose track of sth. “失去与……的联系,
不了解……的动态”
(2) lose track of time “忘记时间”,即forget what time it is.
例
We kind of just, you know, lost track of time.
我们有点,你知道的,忘记时间了。
I'm sorry. I lost track of time making my movie.
对不起,我拍电影忘了时间。