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

• 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）。
• You need to enjoy the company of those who enjoy the same pastimes.
  你需要和那些有同样消遣方式的人在一起娱乐。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Leisure pastimes like gardening, woodwork, music.
  园艺、木工、音乐一类的业余消遣。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。