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

• 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。
• 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。
• You cannot make any distinction between listening to the sound and thinking of the pastimes.
  我们不应该认为聆听声音和忆念逍遥时光之间存在差别。
• 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。
• Talking about their city is one of the favorite pastimes for the people of Barcelona.
  对于巴塞罗纳人来说，谈论他们的城市是一种很好的消遣。
• B: I have some favorite pastimes, but nothing I can call a hobby.
  我有一些喜爱的消遣，可是没有称得上嗜好的。
• Playing chess is one of my favourite pastimes.
  下棋是我喜爱的一种消遣。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Carole goes in for such typical schoolgirl pastimes as horse-riding and watching old films
  卡萝尔喜欢一些女生常玩的娱乐活动，例如骑马、看老电影等。