1.
He diverts himself with chess and billiards.
他下棋和打桌球作消遣。
2.
Wanted a dog to pass the time.
她说过想养只狗作消遣。
3.
She makes a toy of housekeeping.
她把料理家务当作消遣。
4.
He diverts himself with chess and billiard
他以下棋和玩台球作消遣。
5.
The television broke down so we were thrown back on our own resources, ie had to entertain ourselves.
电视机坏了, 我们只好自作消遣了.
6.
Take up gardening, golf, yoga
以园艺、打高尔夫球、瑜伽作消遣
7.
I will never choose to watch cricket as an amusement
我决不会把看板球当作消遣
8.
I would never choose to watch cricket as an amusement.
我决不会把看板球当作消遣.
9.
While it was raining out, the children diverted themselves by playing chess.
下雨时，孩子们在室内下棋作消遣。
10.
I often travel as a pastime.
我常常以旅行作为消遣。
11.
adopt sth as a hobby or pastime
以某事作为爱好或消遣
12.
He reads adventure stories as an escape.
他看冒险小说作为消遣。
13.
Writing is a solitary pastime.
写作是独自一人的消遣.
14.
I regard reading as a form of recreation.
我把看书当作一种消遣。
15.
In other words, we had better take sufficient recreation to relax after work.
换句话说，我们最好工作后，消遣消遣来轻松一下。
16.
a holiday where you do the same things you do at work.
消遣与从事的工作非常类似的假日。
17.
Dabble at/in/with
（作为业余消遣）随便搞搞，小试，涉猎
18.
Art is both creation and recreation.
艺术是创作，同时也是消遣。