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piddle around
piddle around 指无所事事地浪费时间。
Stop piddling around and get to work.
别再鬼混了，开始工作吧。
闲混；瞎忙；磨蹭；浪费时间
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闲混；瞎忙；磨蹭；浪费时间
to act or work ineffectually and wastefully; to waste time on unimportant things
Stop piddling around and get to work.
别再鬼混了，开始工作吧。
(常接 about 或 around)无效且浪费地行动或工作。
(Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
piddle
Base
原形
piddles
3rd person
第三人称单数
piddling
-ing
现在分词
piddled
Past
过去式
piddled
Past participle
过去分词
He piddles around all day.
他整天鬼混。
Yesterday, he piddled away his time.
昨天他浪费了时间。
He is piddling with his food.
他正在挑食。
He often piddles around instead of working.
他经常到处鬼混而不工作。
Yesterday, I piddled away the whole afternoon playing video games.
昨天，我整个下午都在玩电子游戏，浪费了时间。
Stop piddling and get to work!
别磨蹭了，快去工作！
piddle around 指无所事事地浪费时间。
Stop piddling around and get to work.
别再鬼混了，开始工作吧。
piddle away 后面常接时间、金钱等。
He piddled away his entire inheritance.
他把全部遗产都挥霍掉了。
piddle 表'撒尿'时是非正式用法，常用于口语。
I need to piddle before we leave.
我们出发前我得去撒泡尿。
Not this
He piddled his time on video games.
Use this
He piddled away his time on video games.
当piddle表示“浪费”时是不及物动词，后面不能直接跟宾语，必须加上away才能接时间、金钱等。
Not this
She piddled her lunch because she didn't like it.
Use this
She piddled with her lunch because she didn't like it.
当piddle表示“挑食”时是不及物动词，动作对象需用介词with引出。
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通常用于口语，表示浪费时间或闲荡
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