"fiddle away" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 浪費掉
• 虛度（時間）

Definition

在無關緊要的事情上浪費時間或金錢，經常沒有意識到損失了多少。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

帶有口語色彩。常與“時間”或“金錢”連用，如“fiddle away the day”。表示因無聊或分心而浪費。

Examples

He fiddled away all his free time watching TV.

他把所有空閒時間都**浪費掉了**，看電視。

Try not to fiddle away your money on things you don't need.

儘量不要把錢**浪費掉**在不需要的東西上。

It's easy to fiddle away an hour on your phone without noticing.

很容易在手機上**虛度**一小時而不自覺。

He tends to fiddle away his weekends doing nothing important.

他總是把週末**浪費掉**，什麼重要的事都不做。

You don't want to fiddle away your youth—make the most of it!

你不會想把青春**虛度**掉——要好好把握！

I realized I had fiddled away half the day just browsing the internet.

我發現我**浪費掉**了半天，光是在網上瀏覽。