hobbyThese are all words for activities that you do for pleasure in your spare time.以上各词均涉及闲暇活动。
an activity or subject that you do or study for pleasure in your spare time指业余爱好（活动或科目）：
Her main interests are music and gardening.
她的主要爱好是音乐和园艺。
an activity that you do for pleasure in your spare time指业余爱好（活动）：
His hobbies include swimming and cooking.
他爱好游泳和烹饪。
a children's activity when they play with toys, pretend to be sb else, etc.; an activity that you do to have fun指儿童游戏、玩耍、娱乐：
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。
an activity that people do for pleasure in their spare time指消遣、休闲活动：
Eating out is the national pastime in France.
在法国，下馆子是全国人普遍的消遣活动。
A hobby is often more active than an interest . |
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 . |
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- an auxiliary activity
- Synonym: avocation by-line pursuit sideline spare-time activity
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- small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
- Synonym: Falco subbuteo
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- a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers;the child straddles it and pretends to ride
- Synonym: hobbyhorse rocking horse
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I only play jazz as a hobby .
我弹奏爵士乐只是一种业余爱好。
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It is only a hobby , not a life or death struggle .
这只是一项爱好，不需要拼死拼活地努力。
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Her life was too full to find time for hobbies .
她的生活太忙，没有业余爱好的时间。
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My parents always took an interest in my hobbies .
我父母总是关心重视我的爱好。
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Her hobbies include music and painting .
她的爱好包括音乐和绘画。
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My hobbies include reading and painting .
我的业余爱好包括读书和绘画。
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Her hobbies are music , reading and handicraft .
她的爱好是音乐、读书和手工。
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Between working full-time and taking care of the kids , he didn 't have much time for hobbies .
他一边全职工作一边又要照顾孩子，所以抽不出很多时间搞业余爱好。
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He hasn 't got any hobbies ─ unless you call watching TV a hobby .
他没有什么爱好——除非你把看电视也称作爱好。
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His hobbies include swimming and cooking .
他爱好游泳和烹饪。
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Her hobbies include swimming and gardening .
她爱好游泳和园艺。
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Her hobbies include hiking and photography .
她的业余爱好包括徒步旅行和摄影。
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He 's still crazy about both his work and his hobbies
他对工作和个人爱好依然保持狂热。
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One of Tony 's hobbies was collecting rare birds .
托尼的业余爱好之一是搜集稀有鸟类。
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Encourage your child in her interests and hobbies even if they 're things that you know little about
要鼓励孩子的兴趣爱好，即使你对它们所知甚少。
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Photography is one of her hobbies .
摄影是她的爱好之一。
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Take up a relaxing hobby , such as knitting .
培养一种能放松身心的爱好，比如编织。
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My hobbies are letter writing , football , music , photography , and tennis .
我的业余爱好是写信、踢足球、听音乐、玩摄影和打网球。
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Find a hobby or interest which enthuses you .
培养一个自己喜欢的爱好或兴趣。
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His secret hobby : performing magic tricks .
他私底下有变戏法的嗜好。
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His office was lined with animal heads , trophies of his hunting hobby .
他办公室挂满了兽头，都是他业余打猎获得的战利品。
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An old hand at photography , Tim has been shooting wildlife as a hobby for the last 13 years .
蒂姆摄影经验丰富，在过去13年里一直以拍摄野生生物为业余爱好。
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Her hobbies were playing the guitar and sketching .
她爱好弹吉他和画素描。
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A beginner could really enjoy the hobby for an outlay of between £ 100 or £ 120 a month .
初学者只需每月花上100到120英镑便能真正享受到这种爱好带来的乐趣。
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Obsessives , in any area , are invariably as boring as their hobbies
无论在哪个领域，过分痴迷者都会跟他们的癖好一样令人厌烦。
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It is our task to convince the multitudes that we are pursuing a lawful hobby in a lawful way .
我们的任务是要让民众相信，我们是在用合法的方式来从事一种合法的爱好。
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His hobby is freefall parachuting .
他的业余爱好是自由落体式跳伞。
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He has made several friends who share the same hobby during his recent visit to America .
在最近去美国的一次旅行中，他结交了几位有共同爱好的朋友。
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Shopping is one of her hobbies .
购物是她的业余爱好之一。
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My hobby is photography .
我的业余爱好是摄影。
指某人喜爱的一种业余活动，含长期持续之意。
My hobby is photography.
我的业余爱好是摄影。
Shopping is one of her hobbies.
购物是她的业余爱好之一。
指消磨闲暇时间的任何活动，有时此类活动本身并无多大价值。
Gardening is a very rewarding pastime.
园艺劳动是非常有益的消遣。
Dancing is Mary's favourite pastime.
跳舞是玛丽最喜欢的一种娱乐方式。
指花很多时间从事的活动，通常用复数。
Fishing is one of my pursuits.
钓鱼是我的消遣之一。
Her childhood pursuits were drawing and cycling.
她儿时最大的爱好是绘画和骑自行车。