1.
The reading room held many students, as well as a few time killers.
阅览室有许多学生，也有一些消磨时间的人。
2.
To waste or kill time.
消磨时间浪费时间或消磨时间
3.
To pass(time)pleasantly.
愉快地消磨（时间）
4.
The guests did not seem to know how to occupy themselves.
客人们似乎不知道怎样消磨时间。
5.
Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. --Dion Boucicault
人们在闲谈中消磨时间，与此同时，时间也在不声不响地消蚀人们的生命。——布希考特
6.
Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
时间：人总是千方百计地消磨时光，可是到头来泯灭的却是自己。
7.
The lonely old lady filled up the time between supper and retiring with solitaire.
那孤独的老妇人晚饭后至睡觉前以玩单人纸牌消磨时间。
8.
It' s a great way to spend a lunch break.
一个很好的消磨午休时间的方法。
9.
loiter about, with no apparent aim.
消磨时间，没有外在的目的。
10.
Playing Majiang is a marvelous way to pass the time.
打麻将是消磨时间的一种很棒的方法。
11.
I recognized these as essentially timewasting devices.
我知道这主要是消磨时间的办法。
12.
Window-shopping is some garls' favorite pasttime.
逛街是许多女孩消磨时间的首选方式。
13.
How shall we pass the evening?
我们如何消磨今晚的时间?
14.
They play card so as to pass time.
他们打牌为的是消磨时间
15.
I passed the time by counting the cars that drove past the school.
我用数驶过学校的小汽车来消磨时间。
16.
He drowsed away the afternoon
他昏昏沉沉地消磨了一下午的时间。
17.
He usually spends his spare time watching TV.
他常以看电视消磨他的空闲时间。
18.
They spend their evenings consuming whiskey.
他们喝着威士忌消磨晚上的时间。