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民族消遣方式。
- 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 interestinterestThese 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 Hobbiesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enjoyable
- pleasurable
- favourite/favorite
- …
verb + pastimeprepositionSee full entry Word Originlate 15th cent.: from the verb pass (verb) + time, translating French passe-temps.