如果苏珊不在，我就随便看看打发时间好了。

If Susanne is off somewhere, I'll kill time by looking around some

我整天都呆在房间里看书打发时间。

I stayed in my room all day and tried to kill time by reading.

他们靠唱歌、打牌来打发时间。

To pass the time they sang songs and played cards.

他们想找些更为积极的方式来打发时间。

They want less passive ways of filling their time.

在和其他目击者交谈前我只是在打发时间。

I'm just killing time until I can talk to the other witnesses

那些孩子在街上玩耍打发时间。

The children passed the time playing in the streets

我们只是玩玩油彩，打发时间而已。

We were just messing around playing with paint

他听收音机打发时间。

He spent his time listening to the radio

用动物骨头雕刻物品是犯人打发时间的一种常见做法。

It was common practice for prisoners to carve objects from animal bones to pass the time.