消磨时间

count one's thumbs; kill time; killtime; loiter about

1. 她在康复期间做些什麽来消磨时间呢？
   What did she do to pass the time (ie to make the period of boredom less tedious) while she was convalescing?
2. 对那些认为它闷得可以的人们说来，那是一本为消磨时间的书。
   It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.
3. 我那趟班机误点了，我只好看书消磨时间[打发了两小时]。
   My flight was delayed, so I killed time/killed two hours reading a book.
4. 为了消磨时间等待展览开始，我们逛了逛商场。
   To kill time until the exhibition opened, we looked round the shops.
5. 我等她的时候，以浏览陈列窗而消磨时间。
   While I was waiting for her, I killed time by looking in the show window.

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