Some come to do business, and others come just to sit and pass the time.
有些人来做生意，其他人只是来坐坐打发时间。
I find that my main goal now is to find creative ways to pass the time until the next nap.
我发现我现在的主要目标是找到创造性的方法来打发时间，直到下一次小憩。
People everywhere have told stories to amuse, to teach, to remember, and just to pass the time.
世界各地的人都会通过讲故事来消遣、教育孩子、铭记人或事，或是单纯地打发时间。
Although I spoke to him a number of times, it was only to pass the time of day.
我虽然和他说过许多次话，但都是寒喧而已。
It is more like an attempt to pass the time — like a game of solitaire, or flipping a coin.
它更像是试图去消磨时间——比如玩单人纸牌游戏，或只是随意摆弄一枚硬币。
He had to pass the time by making transcription and writing.
这段时间他通过抄书和写字来打发时间。
I was in a hurry, so I didn't even stop to pass the time of day with him.
因为赶时间，所以我甚至没有停下来和他打一声招呼。
Hours later, we discovered one satisfying way to pass the time in the country.
几个小时后，我们发现了一种令人满意的在乡下打发时间的方法。
And you might even get into a conversation to pass the time while you're waiting.
甚至在你等候的时候，你可以和其他人聊天来打发时间。
If you feel like having something to eat or pass the time with, just let me know.
你只要想吃什么，玩什么，给我说一声就行。
Under the girders and in the surrounding gardens are spots where people can pass the time .
钢架下方和周边花园是可供人们休闲的场所。
She doesn't know any of the neighbours very well. They just pass the time of day occasionally.
她跟邻居们都不太熟，他们只是偶尔打打招呼。
You can watch television or listen to radio programs to help pass the time while you recuperate.
你可以看看电视或听听广播，以便帮助你在养病期间消磨时间。
One of the fun benefits of running there is that we can play "spot the celebrity" to help pass the time.
在那儿跑步的一个好处就是我们能以“看名人”为乐趣来打发时光。
Young man, why don't you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks, even if it is only to pass the time?
年轻人，为什么不亲自尝试一下如何制作鞋钉呢，哪怕只是为了消磨时间？
People buy games to have a good time, be stimulated, or simply to pass the time in a not-so boring manner.
人们买游戏是为了开心，刺激，或者仅仅是消磨时间。
If you want to be more comfortable waiting for someone, then bring a book or an iPad to help pass the time.
如果你想要更加开心的等人，不如带本书或是iPad去打发这段时光吧。
He was an old emigre gentleman, blind and penniless, who was playing his flute in his attic, in order to pass the time.
那是一个年老的流亡贵族，又瞎又穷，待在他那间顶楼上，吹着笛子来解解闷的。
When we're sitting in a cafe and you don't feel like speaking, I would still happily pass the time with you in silence.
在街头的咖啡厅，如果你不想说话，我愿意陪你度过一段安静的时光。
"Young man, why don't you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks, even if it is only to pass the time?" said the blacksmith.
年轻人，为什么不亲自尝试一下如何制作鞋钉呢，哪怕只是为了消磨时间而已？
It's cold and raining outside, so for something to pass the time, I switch on my old shortwave radio, and turn the dial aimlessly.
外面挺冷的，还下着雨。为了找点儿事儿打发时间，我打开了短波收音机，胡乱调着频道。
To pass the time, I'd play a game by trying to cover the bottom of the barrel with corks I drilled before the foreman came along to empty it out.
为了打发时间，我自己发明了一个游戏，在领班过来取软木塞前将装木塞的桶底用木塞塞得满满当当的。
Had it not been too dim, Inman would have read to pass the time until breakfast, for the book he was reading had the effect of settling his mind.
要不是房间里实在太昏暗，英曼真想读读那本可以让他安神的书来打发早餐前的这段时间。
At the station I bought some magazines that might help me to pass the time on the train and which I could pass on to others when I finished them.
我在车站买了几本杂志，这些杂志有助于我在车上消磨时间，而且，我看完之后，还可以给别人看。
A scientist gets on a train to go to New York. His cabin also has a poor farmer in it. To pass the time the scientist decides to play a game with the guy.
一个科学家搭乘往纽约的火车，和他在同车厢的另一个旅客是位贫穷的农夫。为了打发搭乘的时间，科学家决定和这位农夫玩个游戏。
And with Delta Air Lines now starting to offer Internet connection on board, passengers are no longer restricted to pass the time with movies on the IFE system.
现在，达美航空已经开始在机上覆盖互联网连接，乘客无需继续局限于通过机上娱乐系统看电影消磨时间了。
Through those tubes, rescue workers could pass food, water, medicine, telephone lines, letters between miners and family members, and games to help pass the time.
通过这两条管道，营救人员能输送食物、水、药品，铺设电话线，传递矿工与家人的信件，还有用来打发时间的游戏。
At the front of the room, someone reads aloud from newspapers, short stories, even novels, to help workers pass the time and further their education as well.
在房间的前面，有人大声地读着报纸、短篇小说，甚至是长篇故事，帮助工人打发时间，同时又提高了他们的教育水平。
At the front of the room, someone reads aloud from newspapers, short stories, even novels, to help workers pass the time and further their education as well.
在房间的前面，有人大声地读着报纸、短篇小说，甚至是长篇故事，帮助工人打发时间，同时又提高了他们的教育水平。
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