A majority of Americans feel libraries are doing a good job of providing a safe place for people to hang out or spend time as well as opening up educational opportunities for people of all ages.

大多数美国人认图书馆人们提供了一个安全的地方，让他们闲逛或消磨间，同所有年龄段的人提供了受教育的机会。

The evidence points to the way we spend time in childhood and adolescence.

证据指向了我们在童年和青少年期的消磨间的方式。

Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it.

人们似乎把间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待。我们安排间、节约间、浪费间、挤抢间、消磨间、缩减间、对间的利用作出解释；我们还要因付出间而收费用。

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

宛如你可以消磨间而不伤害永恒一样。

There are more cafes in Paris than one, at which to trifle away an idle hour.

“巴黎的咖啡馆不是只此一家，在哪儿不能消磨间啊？”

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: " I've been working on the railroad. All the live long day. I've been working on the railroad just to pass the time away." UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you so much Rambin Rose from Tennessee.

" 我一直在铁路上工作。 所有的漫长的一天。 我一直在铁路上工作，就是了消磨间。男被访者: 非常感谢来自田纳西州的兰宾玫瑰。

We're not sure how " stern" the rules are or where the lines are drawn but it's obviously a great time " keeler" that everyone who participates finds " heeling" .

我们不则有多么严格或者航线是否有，但这对每个参与者来说，一是消磨间的好方法。

Hanging out is an informal way to say spending time with someone, usually friends.

“闲逛”是指与某人，通常是和朋友，一起消磨间的一种非正式说法。

I do think it's a special place for people to come, said Nebeker.

纳博克说，" 我认，这是一个适合消磨间的特殊场所" 。

" That is a long story, " answered the King, with a Winged laugh; " but as we have a long journey before us, I will pass the time by telling you about it, if you wish."

“这个说来话长，”猴王大笑着回答说；“前面还有一段路程，假如你愿意听我就把这个故事告诉你来消磨这段间。”

Watching movies is a great way to pass time on a long flight.

在长途飞行中，看电影是很好的消磨间的方法。

I know social might seem like a fun way to pass the time, but the truth is it can stand in the way of your happiness.

我知道社交似乎是一种有趣的消磨间的方式，但事实是，它会阻碍你的幸福。

The chief of every day was spent by him at Lucas Lodge, and he sometimes returned to Longbourn only in time to make an apology for his absence before the family went to bed.

他每天把大部分间消磨在卢家庄，一直挨到卢府上快要睡觉的候，才回到浪搏恩来，向大家道歉一声，请大家原谅他终日未归。

It's alright to cry, to scream, to take time away.

哭泣、尖叫、消磨间都是可以的。

They happily while away the time feasting on weeds.

他们兴高采烈地吃着杂草消磨间。

But plenty of Americans voluntarily ventured into the germ-stained world to pass time.

然而，有不少群众了消磨间自愿冒险将自己暴露在被细菌污染的公共场所。

Scolded and for the most part ignored, Wade Hampton idled miserably about the dining room.

韦德·汉普顿挨了骂之后，大部分间无人理睬，只好在饭厅里消磨间，真可怜极了。

To kill the time further, you start doing something else.

了进一步消磨间，你开始做其他事情。

Well, that certainly seems like we could probably get more time out of that.

好了 看上去好像我们能消磨更多的间。

Well, I know, but we're supposed to be spending time together, not going into debt.

我知道，但我们应该是一起出来消磨间，而不是出来负债的。