i hope they can offer me something to do, for killing time is too bitter.
我希望他们能给我一些事去做,因为消磨时间太痛苦了。
could you give me some advice on books for killing time on the train?
你能给我一些在火车上消磨时间可以看的书的建议吗?
indeed, as it is increasingly becoming a consumption tool - often for killing time at work - it is slowing, not increasing, productivity.
事实上,它越来越成为一个消耗因素-在工作中消磨时光-它在降低而非提高生产力。
a:an idea about killing time on a train?
在火车上消磨时间读什么好?
at j-village two days later, several dozen tokyo electric workers who had completed their tasks were killing time when their boss walked to a white board where their to-do list was written.
在j-village呆了两天之后,有几十个东京电力的工人已经完成了任务,他们只是在等待中消磨时间,这时,他们的老板走到一块白板前,在白板上一般列着他们要去做的事情清单。
how much money do you spend on killing time per week ?
每星期你花费多少钱在外消磨时间的活动上?。
it was only when i listed out all the shows i regularly watch when i realized how many of them were just killing time until something i really wanted to see came on.
在列出常看节目清单之后,我才意识到,很多时候我并不是真的想看,只是为了打发时间。
he was just killing time until the main event, but he was killing it in such exquisite ways. time, and sometimes people.
他就一直在那里消磨时光直到发生重大的事情,但是他竟然用如此精致的方式去消磨时光。
experimenting with different key combinations in search of new features is 「good for killing time during a long commute,」 aoki says, 「but it's definitely not elegant.」
在漫长的上班旅途上,试试不同的按键组合看看有什么功能确实是打发时间的好方法,不过那样子根本谈不上优雅。
reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name.
读书对大多数人而言是高尚的名称掩盖下消磨时间的可耻方式。
the good folk of montaillou might not be killing one another, but they were killing time -- or they would have been, had time had the same importance then as it does now.
蒙太罗的优美民歌也许不会互相影响而导致某些民歌消亡,但它们可以用来消磨时间——或者它们曾经有时候像现在这样有举足轻重的作用。
one reason might be that more unemployed people are killing time at home. but tv might also seem like a cheap alternative to sports events, concerts and dvd purchases.
个中缘由肯是失业人员需要打发在家的无聊时间,电视可比看体育赛事,听音乐会和买dvd省不少钱。
now she is killing time with a colleague, waiting for the night train.
现在,她正和一位工友一起打发时间,等待夜间火车进站。
in common family, radio basically is used for killing time so it is perfect that the price per set is just a few dozen yuan and takes up little space.
在普通家庭,收音机基本上是用于消磨时间,所以每台收音机的价格仅几十元,占用空间也小是刚刚好的。