pastime
美 [ˈpæsˌtaɪm] 
英 [ˈpɑːsˌtaɪm]
词形变化
复数：pastimes 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 消遣；休闲活动something that you enjoy doing when you are not working |
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例句
Baseball has a huge following in the United States and is referred to as the national pastime.
棒球在美国深受欢迎，并且被称作是全民喜爱的运动项目。
Chasing dead ends is a favorite pastime in software development and the column would not be true to itself if I failed to report on those.
在软件开发中，钻牛角尖是一项非常有趣的消遣，如果我不对此进行报告，那么本专栏本身就不真实。
Dad loved to read. Reading newspaper was his favourite pastime. He would relate the news to his neighbours.
爹是书迷，一有空就看书看报，看到新鲜事，就出去讲给老夥计们听。
It was your favorite pastime making me blue. Last week was the last time I cried for you.
使我悲伤是你最爱的消遣，最后一次为你哭泣是在上个星期。
Some consumers even consider shopping to be something of a sport, perhaps even the modern-day national pastime.
不过有的消费者却把购物视为一项体育运动，甚至是当下国民消磨时间的方式。
White hats are the good guys who are hacking for the craic of it, a fun pastime for bored teenagers and creative computer-literate minds.
所谓的正派骇客是好的，他们为只了好玩，没事做的青少年们和电脑天才们靠这个来打发时间。
Meeks said he looked for any type of encounter, seeking out unusual places and pursuing the supernatural as a pastime and passion.
米克斯说，他对所有形式的灵异遭遇都进行过寻觅。追寻灵异场所，发掘超自然事件，是他的消遣，也是爱好所在。
Not to be proud of rabbit and the tortoise looked down on this game, but the game as a pastime, some good turtle ridiculed.
骄傲的小白兔并不把与乌龟的这场比赛放在眼里，而把这场比赛当作消遣，好好奚落乌龟一番。
It is sort of a cultural pastime that goes beyond mere homemaking instruction.
烹饪作为一种消遣，其超越了仅仅是家庭任务的范畴。
Jose Antonio Reyes - 6: Tackling back may not be his favourite pastime but he did an admirable job and looked a threat down the left.
雷耶斯6：回防也许不是他最喜欢的失球，但是他做了令人尊敬的工作，在左路看起来有威胁。
DEFENDING the French language from the creeping invasion of English has long been a favourite pastime of France's elite.
还是忠实一下原文：保卫法语免受英语侵蚀一直是法国精英最津津乐道的消遣活动。
He could do it in an hour, and how many times had he, for pure pastime, continued in the water for more than twice as long!
三里路他在一小时内就可以游到，从前，纯碎是为了消遣，他曾多次在水里游过两倍于那么长的距离！
The front yard even incorporates a petanque court, a favorite pastime of the client.
设计师甚至不忘在前院设置一个法式滚球场，这也就成了业主的最佳休闲运动。
Embroidery was a good pastime to which they might devote their intelligence and passion.
刺绣是一个很好的消遣和他们可能贡献自己的智慧和热情。
Playing make-believe rodeo with sheep has long been a pastime of rambunctious rural children.
长久以来用骑羊来作为假想的牛仔骑术比赛是乡村中顽皮的孩子的一种消遣方式。
Discussion of new ideas and potential changes has been going on for months, so long it's become somewhat of a pastime.
对新点子和潜在变化的讨论已经持续了几个月，以致于他变成只是一个消遣的话题。
In Burkina Faso, blogging is more than a pastime. It is the eyes and ears of thousands of net users.
在布吉纳法索，写部落格并不只是种消遣娱乐，更是许多网路使用者收集资讯的眼耳。
It might seem an idle pastime but academics have come up with a mathematical equation for why people procrastinate.
这也许会被视为无聊的消遣，然而已有学者提出数学方程式解释人们的拖延症。
But their bricks are Chinese Mahjong! A very popular pastime among the Hutong people, especially among the senior citizens who have retired.
他们使用的是最新的砖——麻将牌。它是非常流行的消遣方式，特别在退休的老年人中倍受青睐。
And if that seems too cerebral, an entertaining pastime is to hunt for words that are either missing from a language, or unique to it.
如果这些思考看上去太复杂，那么还有一种娱乐性较强的消遣方式，就是寻找一种语言中已经消失，或者特有的词。
The national pastime was no longer a game for the purists.
这项全国性的娱乐活动不再是纯粹意义上的比赛了。
Do any of your favorite pastime activities, be it watching a movie, playing your favorite instrument, reading a new book, etc.
进行任何你最喜欢的消遣活动，不论是看电影，弹奏最喜爱的乐器，读一本新书等等。
Richard Quest now has an analogy comparing some of the economic issues that will be discussed at Davos to a popular pastime.
理查德·奎斯特现在会比较在达沃斯将讨论哪些热点经济问题。
Fishing on the banks of the Seine is a favorite pastime for Parisians and a popular subject for scores of French artists.
在塞纳河畔钓鱼是巴黎人最喜爱的一项消遣活动，它也是法国艺术家之间进行较量的流行项目。
For the locals, killing a few hours in a Bodega eating snacks and drinking wine is a traditional pastime.
对于当地人来说，在酒铺里吃着小吃、喝着葡萄酒来消磨数小时的时光是一种传统的消遣方式。
His favourite pastime is said to be playing dominoes over a bottle of rum with friends.
据说，他最喜欢的消遣是一边喝着朗姆酒，一边与朋友们玩多米诺牌。
With few recreational activities to amuse them, people found attending trials to be a diverting pastime.
因为很少有娱乐节目，人们发现旁观庭审是一个消磨时间的好办法。
As the reality of an increasingly powerful China sinks in, bashing the US may also become a less popular pastime.
随着中国日益强大这一现实逐渐为人们所接受，抨击美国可能也会成为一种越来越不受欢迎的消遣。
favorite pastime leisure time, play around sightseeing, tired, asleep, then life will be wasted in the tourist wandering among the Leisure.
喜爱悠閒消遣时间，到处游玩观光，累了就呼呼大睡，于是生命便在观光游荡休閒之中虚度了。
A person to go out for a walk, get some fresh air, drink, it is a pastime and avoidance of good way.
一个人出去走走，散散心，喝几杯，这是一种消遣和回避的好方式。
The pursuit of ghostly evidence has been a popular pastime for centuries.
追求鬼证据已经十分喜爱的消闲几百年。
This single-minded drive explains why China has full-time academies dedicated to what most countries consider a rec-room pastime.
这个单一目的的驱动解释了为什么中国拥有全时的专职体校，而多数国家只是把这些地方当作休闲康健中心。
It is no longer the vice of the aged, but a national pastime.
如今，怀旧不再只是老人的恶癖，它已成为国民的消遣。
From 1985 onwards, when he was working for a multinational sportswear company, his pastime became more serious.
从1985年他供职于一家跨国运动服装公司开始，他的这项消遣开始变得更加认真起来。
But despite its influence on mainstream culture, D&D as a pastime is still a minority pursuit.
尽管龙与地下城影响了主流文化，但是，作为娱乐消遣，它仍然只有少数追随者。
Though scientific research was his pastime hobby, he attached great importance to precision and practical applicability of research fruits.
他的大部分时间都耗费在了地方官的职务上，科学研究只是他的业馀爱好。
I feel that walking my dog relieves stress and is a relaxing pastime. When I walk my dog, my body feels replenished and rejuvenated.
我觉得遛狗是消愁解闷。遛狗让我减轻了压力并使我充满活力，心情愉悦。
Baseball has become the national pastime of the United States, vying in popularity with basketball and American football.
棒球作为美国的“国球”，同篮球和橄榄球一样，在美国极为盛行。
Her grandson Tsuyoshi Karauchi, who lives with her, said that sleeping was a favourite pastime.
和她生活的一起的孙子唐牛津吉说睡觉是她最喜爱的消遣方式。
But its fiscal woes are also due to a simple fact: tax evasion is the national pastime.
不过此次财政困难，有一点也不容忽视：逃税的历史遗留问题。
