​每日一词 - leisure 详解

每日一词 - leisure 详解

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每日一词 | leisure

高中 CET4 CET6 考研

英 [ˈleʒə(r)] 美 [ˈliːʒər]

例句

1. These days we have more money and more leisure to enjoy it.

如今，我们有更多的钱和空闲时间来享受了。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

2. He could read all the national papers at his leisure.

他可以在闲暇时阅读所有的国家级报纸。

——《柯林斯高阶词典》

基本释义

[noun]

1. time when you are not working or studying; free time

2. activities that you enjoy in your free time

[名词]

1. 闲暇；空闲；休闲

2. 在空闲时间喜欢的活动

习语

1. at leisure

with no particular activities; free; without hurrying

例句：Spend the afternoon at leisure in the town centre.

下午到城区中心玩儿去吧。

2. at your leisure

(formal)when you have the time to do something without hurrying

例句：Acopy of the report is available for you to peruse at your leisure.

现有一份报告，供你闲暇时细读。

派生词

leisured: adj. not having to work and therefore having a lot of time to do what you enjoy

leisurely: adj. / adv. done without hurrying

同/近义词

ease: the state of feeling relaxed or comfortable without worries, problems or pain

liberty: freedom to live as you choose without too many limits from government or authority

recreation: the act or process of making something that existed in the past exist or seem to exist again

互动问题

1.下边这句话中的leisure为何意？

I suggest you take the forms away and read them at your leisure.

2.你能否准确翻译出这句话的含义呢？试一试，在留言区写下来吧！

3.你还对哪个词感兴趣，也可以留言告诉我们！

（本周四公布参考答案）

音频句子1

张潮《幽梦影》：人莫乐于闲，非无所事事之谓也。闲则能读书，闲则能游名胜，闲则能交益友，闲则能饮酒，闲则能著书。天下之乐，孰大于是？

林语堂（译）：Of all things one enjoys leisure most, not because one does nothing. Leisure confers upon one the freedom to read, to travel, to make friends, to drink, and to write. Where is there a greater pleasure than this?

音频句子2

张潮《幽梦影》：能闲世人之所忙者，方能忙世人之所闲。

林语堂（译）：Only those who take leisurely what the people of the world are busy about can be busy about what the people of the world take leisurely.