beguile vt. 1.骗,欺诈;诱惑。 2.解(闷),消磨(时间);哄慰(孩子)。 beguile sb. of [out of] sth. 骗取某人的东西。 He beguiled me into consenting. 他甜言蜜语地使我答应了。 beguile the long afternoon with a good book 读一本好书消磨漫长的下午。 We beguiled the children with fairy tales. 我们讲童话故事哄孩子。 n. -ment
Meantime the two gentlemen inside, who were little disposed to sleep, beguiled the time with conversation . 同时坐在车厢里面的两位绅士,也都无心睡觉,他们聊天来消磨时间。
They ' re playing cards to beguile the time 他们在打牌以消磨时间。
But there was no harm in his way of saying this : it was said laughingly , and to beguile the time 不过他说这话时并无恶意,说时还在笑,为了打发时间而已。 ”
Then , the miserable bakers shops were beset by long files of them , patiently waiting to buy bad bread ; and while they waited with stomachs faint and empty , they beguiled the time by embracing one another on the triumphs of the day , and achieving them again in gossip 然后可怜的面包店就受到一长串人的包围,他们耐心地等着买蹩脚的面包。在他们空着有气无力的肚子排着班时便互相拥抱,庆祝当天的胜利,用以消磨时间,并在闲聊中堂温胜利的喜悦。