The making of Zongzi is a family pastime that requires all hands on deck.

粽子的制作过程，是一家人一起打发时间的机会，需要共同参与。

The exams were nearly upon them, and instead of lazing around outside, the students were forced to remain inside the castle, trying to bully their brains into concentrating while enticing wafts of summer air drifted in through the windows.

考试临近了，学生们非但能在户外懒洋洋地打发时光，而且还得留在城堡里，忍受着从窗外吹来的夏日熏风的诱惑，迫使自己的大脑努力工作。

Catherine continued drinking tea to her heart's content.

为了消解乡愁，凯瑟琳每日以喝茶来打发时光。

He countered his boredom by playing pranks.

他靠玩恶作剧来打发自己的无聊。

Abbott said Mrs Reed would be glad to get rid of me.

阿伯特说里德太太把我打发走了才高兴。

Nope. No, no, no, no. You're not gonna buy your way out of this one.

行，行，，，别指这就把我给打发了。

Oh, done away with long ago, he said.

“哦，早就打发掉了，”他说。

Oh, looks like he found someone to occupy his time.

看来他找到人打发时间了。

While he must remain in isolation until he tests negative for the virus on three consecutive days, he is passing the time by pacing back and forth in his room.

在他继续隔离直至连续三天的病毒检测呈阴性期间，他只能在房间里来回踱步打发时间。

As to Mary Jane, she is incorrigible, and my wife has given her notice; but there, again, I fail to see how you work it out.

至于玛丽·珍，她简直是可救药，我的妻子已经打发她走了。但是这件事我也看出是怎样推断出来的。

I asked how old the girl was. Mom said she was fourteen, then read me a comic book and packed me off to bed.

我问那姑娘几岁，我妈说她十四，随后又给我读了本漫画书，打发我睡了。

We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties or just to fill the time.

婚礼在跳舞，生日在跳舞，办公室聚会在跳舞，或只是为了打发时间也在跳舞。

But social media isn't just a way to pass the time, it can actually stop you from being happy.

但是社交媒体仅仅是一种打发时间的方式，它实际上会阻止获得快乐。

No doubt that watching movies could help pass the time, but when this is over, not just the quarantine but coronavirus restrictions all together, will people go back to movie theaters?

毫无疑问，看电影可以帮助打发时间，但是当隔离和限制措施都结束后，人们会回到电影院吗？

And so you just whip this up.

把这个打发好。

So the civilians passed the time listening to music, observing how their bodies responded to space, phoning home to their families and watching the earth go by.

所以在飞行过程中，机组上的人就听着音乐、感受着身体对太空的反应、和家人打着电话、看着地球从他们身边经过，以此来打发时间。

The making of Zongzi is a family past time that requires all hands on deck.

粽子的制作过程，是一家人一起打发时间的机会，需要共同参与。

Probably one is that it's a good way to pass time especially for older people.

其中一个可能是因为这是打发时间的好办法，尤其是对年纪大一些的人来说。

Are you sure you'll make it through the movie with just that?

确定光要这些就能打发整部电影吗?

The whipping process is incredibly important, and at this point, the mixture will turn foamy and double or triple in size, thanks to air, and any additional flavors are added to the mix.

打发过程极其重要，而在这个阶段，混合物会变成泡沫状，然后体积在空气的作用下增加了两至三倍，同时，任何额外的调味都会被添加到混合物中。