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。

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。

How do you pass the time?

你是怎么打发时间的？

Reading magazine can pass the time away.

读杂志可以消磨时光。

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。

We sang songs to pass the time.

我们借唱歌消磨时间。

Without particular interest and just to pass the time, I read a story.

没有特别的兴趣，只是为了消磨时间，我才读了一篇故事。

He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else, not even to pass the time of day.

他总是不友好。他从不和我说话，也不和别人说话，那怕是为了打发时光。

Just to pass the time away.

只为消磨时间。

What did you do to pass the time away?

你是如何度过这段时光的？

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。

A snow fight helps pass the time.

他们靠打雪仗打发时间。

What can we do to pass the time?

我们能做些什么来消磨这段时间呢？

So, what shall we do to pass the time?

那我们该怎么度过这两分钟？

If you use smoking to pass the time, chew on a straw or a toothpick.

如果你吸烟是为了打发时间，那可以叼根吸管或者牙签。

He reread every page with no other purpose than to pass the time.

他一页一页地重读，不为别的，只为消磨时间。

And he traveled by train. And so to pass the time, he would play solitaire.

他坐火车旅行，为了打发时间，他会玩纸牌。

While they were waiting for the train, they caught a movie to pass the time.

等火车的当儿，他们看电影打发时间。

Well, you do not have any job or goal in mind. It is just a way to pass the time.

例如，当你告诉你的朋友，你准备花一天折腾你的汽车时，你的脑海中没有任何任务或目标，那仅仅是打发时间的一种方式。

It began as a game to pass the time while the rain fell and lightning struck.

它起源于打雷下雨时用来消磨时间的一个游戏。

Just to pass the time of day with him — (shivers.) Like a raw wind that gets to the bone.

想想每天跟他一起过日子，——(一阵战栗)就像一阵阴冷的风侵袭入骨。

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。

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。

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。

Even if it was just a novel way to pass the time as the washing machine ran through it's yle, Mr Lee's idea would be a worthy one.

虽然这只是在洗衣机工作时用来打发时间的一种新颖的方式，李威晨的这一创意仍然是有价值的。

No music to float about to, and no gaming to pass the time, it sounds rather like the whole trip wasn't really worth it to be honest.

没有音乐可以听，也不能玩游戏来打发时间。说实话，这趟太空游听起来真的很不值。

I only played it a little while and didn't get addicted like other people I know, but I have to admit it's a fun way to pass the time.

但是我从中获得很多乐趣。我每天只玩一小会儿，而不是像很多人那样沉迷于其中，不过这的确不失是一个消磨时光的好方法。

To pass the time, I take out my pad, draw a schematic of the first house my parents bought: Westminster Road, Rochester, New York.

为了消磨时间，我拿出了我的素描簿，话来一张我父母的第一所房子的透视图”威斯米斯特路，罗切斯特市，纽约。

With no music to float about to, and no gaming to pass the time, it sounds rather like the whole trip wasn't really worth it to be honest.

没有音乐可以听，也不能玩游戏来打发时间。说实话，这趟太空游听起来真的很不值。