while away

基本解释

So how do you while away the days at your old job while your exit strategy solidifies?
那么当你决定离开旧的工作，离职的日子你会怎么做？
It is also building a new facility in Vavuniya, where many ex-combatants now while away the time, awaiting their turn.
同时，在瓦武尼亚也在建一些新的设施。许多曾经被老虎成员训练过的人在此消磨时间，等待康复回去开始正常生活。
Private rooms with electric massage chairs help while away the hours before takeoff, or ask one of the onsite professional masseurs for a rubdown.
带有电子信息椅的私人休息室可以帮助你消磨等待飞机的漫长时间，当然您也可以选择请一位专业按摩专家来驱散您全身的疲惫。
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Then he would announce that he was going away to Europe or to California, or to Egypt for a while.
And to the contrary, he felt disgust and turned himself away and for a while he battled with himself and hid his face.
但事实是，他觉得恶心并转过头去,有一会儿内心挣扎,他将脸摀住。
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And while you're there your dancing the night away, but you get a call on your iPhone from your boss.
在夜店里跳着舞时，你突然接到了老板的电话。
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Companies like Tep are arming travelers with simple, always on connectivity while away from home.
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If you while away the time in a particular way, you spend time in that way, because you are waiting for something else to happen, or because you have nothing else to do.