pastimes

英 [ˈpɑːstaɪmz]

美 [ˈpæˌstaɪmz]

n.  消遣; 休闲活动
pastime的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 消遣；娱乐
  Apastimeis something that you do in your spare time because you enjoy it or are interested in it.
  1. His favourite pastime is golf.
     他最喜欢的消遣是打高尔夫。

双语例句

• Physical pastimes provide welcome and necessary breaks in our often sedentary lives and alert us to our physical condition.
  体育消遣给我们这种经常坐着的生活提供了愉快和必需的休息并且改变了我们的身体条件。
• It's been a jolly bad week for that most traditional of office pastimes gossiping.
  办公室里最传统的消遣莫过于八卦。不过，这周对于八卦而言，可真是糟糕透顶。
• Because you are accident prone, these and other similar pastimes are not recommended.
  因为你很容易出意外，这些或诸如此类的休闲活动并不被鼓励。
• Leisure pastimes like gardening, woodwork, music.
  园艺、木工、音乐一类的业余消遣。
• They are indolent, as a general thing, and yet have a few pastimes.
  一般说来，他们总是懒洋洋的，但倒有几种解闷的法子。
• Mr. Toyoda has cut back on other pastimes such as golf to spend more hours at the test track.
  丰田章男缩短了打高尔夫球等其他娱乐活动的时间，把更多时间花在试车场上。
• Some pastimes lose their relish when one grows old.
  一个人年长后便对许多事失去了兴头。
• These people are involved in traditional Chinese pastimes, including watching a folk opera ( upper right), and playing Chinese chess ( centre).
  这些人参与了中国传统的消遣活动，其中包括观看了民俗戏曲（右上），并发挥中国象棋（中心）。
• The researchers also analysed data from a US Time Use Survey, which measures the amount of time men and women spend on different pastimes, to help produce their perfect routine.
  研究人员还分析了来自《美国时间使用调查》的数据，来帮助得出完美的日程安排。这一调查衡量了男性和女性在不同娱乐消遣活动上花费的时间。
• Raising cash and pumping out steel have become national pastimes in China.
  在中国，入市融资和大炼钢铁已成为两项全国性的“娱乐消遣”。