我们靠看书和玩纸牌消磨时间。

We whiled away the time reading and playing cards.

她通过聊天和发短信消磨时间。

She spends her time chatting and SMSing.

我们打纸牌消磨时间。

We killed time playing cards.

这给了他一个无所事事地消磨时间的理由。

It gives him a reason for lounging around doing nothing

我想不出更糟的消磨时间的办法。

I can't think of a worse way to spend my time

贝内特小姐用录像机播放老电影来消磨时间。

Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing old films on her video-recorder.

午饭休息时间，他与顾客谈天闲聊以消磨时间。

During a lunch break, he and the buyer passed the time with some chitchat.

他们去游泳池游泳，去骑马，一天之中最热之时在橡树的浓阴下消磨时间。

They used the swimming-pool, rode, lazed in the deep shade of the oaks in the heat of the day.

所以我一直在家消磨时间，直到2012年6月才发现你们培训中心的在线计算机课程。

So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center ．