"kick around" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 踢来踢去 (玩球)
• 讨论
• 闲逛

Definition

指为了好玩踢东西（通常是球）；也可以指随便讨论一个想法；或者无所事事地闲逛、打发时间。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于非正式用语，美国人常用。可指踢球玩、随意讨论某个想法（如“kick around an idea”），也可以指闲逛没事做。不要与“kick someone around”混淆，后者是“欺负某人”。意思须结合上下文判断。

Examples

The kids like to kick around in the park after school.

孩子们放学后喜欢在公园里**踢来踢去**。

Let's kick around some ideas for the party.

我们来**讨论**一下聚会的想法吧。

He just likes to kick around downtown on weekends.

他周末喜欢在市中心**闲逛**。

We spent the afternoon just kicking around at the park with nothing to do.

我们整个下午都在公园**闲逛**，什么都没做。

Before making a decision, we should kick around the pros and cons.

做决定前我们应该**讨论**一下利弊。

After dinner, we just kicked around until it got dark.

晚饭后，我们就**闲逛**到天黑。