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

• 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。
• 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”。
• This interesting video shows a number of Nrsimha deities and holy places associated with His pastimes in India.
  这个视频展示了一些主尼星哈的神像，以及和他的逍遥时光有关的印度圣地。
• 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。
• 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。
• Leisure pastimes like gardening, woodwork, music.
  园艺、木工、音乐一类的业余消遣。
• Playing chess is one of my favourite pastimes.
  下棋是我喜爱的一种消遣。
• 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。
• Faculty& student "bull sessions" are popular pastimes on many campuses.
  师生进行“自由讨论”是许多校园里十分流行的消遣方式。
• But the number listing hunting shooting and fishing among their pastimes has dropped from 20 to three.
  但是，把打猎和钓鱼列为消遣选项的人数从20人降至3人。