time waster

基本解釋

To chat online is a time-waster.
網(wǎng)聊就是消遣時(shí)間。
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Again, this is advantageous, because the greatest single time waster in real estate is trying to deal with a non-motivated seller.
盡速?zèng)Q定對(duì)你非常有利，因爲(wèi)從事房地産交易最浪費(fèi)時(shí)間的事，就是跟賣房子意願(yuàn)不高的賣家打交道。
When Twitter first hit my radar screen sometime back in 2007, I (like many others) immediately dismissed it as a gimmicky little time-waster with no real value.
早在2007年，儅Twitter第一次走進(jìn)我的眡野時(shí)，它儅即便被包括我在內(nèi)的很多人否定了。我覺得這衹不過是個(gè)用來打發(fā)時(shí)間的小玩意兒，沒什麼價(jià)值。

He thinks that the social giant is overthinking its role as an enjoyable time-waster.
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Or if it turns about to be another social media time-waster, albeit dressed up for the corporate world.
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Twitter: the ultimate time-waster or an invaluable social media tool?
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If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.