pastime

noun

/ˈpɑːstaɪm/

/ˈpæstaɪm/

something that you enjoy doing when you are not working 消遣；休闲活动synonym hobby
- Watching television is still the most popular national pastime.看电视仍然是最受欢迎的全国性消遣。
- Fishing is an enjoyable pastime for people of all ages.钓鱼是各个年龄段的人都喜欢的消遣。
Synonyms interest
interest
- hobby
- game
- pastime
These are all words for activities that you do for pleasure in your spare time.
- interest an activity or a subject that you do or study for pleasure in your spare time:
  Her main interests are music and gardening.她的主要爱好是音乐和园艺。
- hobby an activity that you do for pleasure in your spare time:
  His hobbies include swimming and cooking.他爱好游泳和烹饪。
- game a children’s activity when they play with toys, pretend to be somebody else, etc.; an activity that you do to have fun:
  a game of cops and robbers警察抓强盗的游戏
  He was playing games with the dog.他在逗狗玩。
- pastime an activity that people do for pleasure in their spare time:
  Eating out is the national pastime in France.在法国，下馆子是全国性的消遣活动。
interest, hobby or pastime?用 interest、hobby 还是 pastime？A hobby is often more active than an interest: His main hobby is football (= he plays football). • His main interest is football (= he watches and reads about football, and may or may not play it). Pastime is used when talking about people in general; when you are talking about yourself or an individual person it is more usual to use interest or hobby: Eating out is the national interest/hobby in France. • Do you have any pastimes? Patterns
- a popular interest/hobby/pastime
- to have/share interests/hobbies
- to take up/pursue a(n) interest/hobby
Topics Hobbiesc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- enjoyable
- pleasurable
- favourite/favorite
- …
verb + pastime
- enjoy
- indulge in
- pursue
- …
preposition
- pastime among
- pastime for
词源late 15th cent.: from the verb pass (verb) + time, translating French passe-temps.

词汇	pastime
释义	pastime noun /ˈpɑːstaɪm/ /ˈpæstaɪm/ something that you enjoy doing when you are not working 消遣；休闲活动synonym hobby Watching television is still the most popular national pastime.看电视仍然是最受欢迎的全国性消遣。 Fishing is an enjoyable pastime for people of all ages.钓鱼是各个年龄段的人都喜欢的消遣。 Synonyms interestinterest hobby game pastime These are all words for activities that you do for pleasure in your spare time. interest an activity or a subject that you do or study for pleasure in your spare time: Her main interests are music and gardening.她的主要爱好是音乐和园艺。 hobby an activity that you do for pleasure in your spare time: His hobbies include swimming and cooking.他爱好游泳和烹饪。 game a children’s activity when they play with toys, pretend to be somebody else, etc.; an activity that you do to have fun: a game of cops and robbers警察抓强盗的游戏 He was playing games with the dog.他在逗狗玩。 pastime an activity that people do for pleasure in their spare time: Eating out is the national pastime in France.在法国，下馆子是全国性的消遣活动。 interest, hobby or pastime?用 interest、hobby 还是 pastime？A hobby is often more active than an interest: His main hobby is football (= he plays football). • His main interest is football (= he watches and reads about football, and may or may not play it). Pastime is used when talking about people in general; when you are talking about yourself or an individual person it is more usual to use interest or hobby: Eating out is the national interest/hobby in France. • Do you have any pastimes? Patterns a popular interest/hobby/pastime to have/share interests/hobbies to take up/pursue a(n) interest/hobby Topics Hobbiesc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective enjoyable pleasurable favourite/favorite … verb + pastime enjoy indulge in pursue … preposition pastime among pastime for 词源late 15th cent.: from the verb pass (verb) + time, translating French passe-temps.
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