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我那趟班机误点了, 我只好看书消磨时间[打发了两小时]. My flight was delayed, so I killed time/killed two hours reading a book.
阅览室有许多学生，也有一些消磨时间的人。 The reading room held many students, as well as a few time killers.
为了消磨时间等待展览开始, 我们逛了逛商场。 To kill time until the exhibition opened, we looked round the shops.
正如铁锈会腐蚀铁一样，沉溺资产阶级生活方式会消磨掉一个人的革命意志。 Just as rust eats away iron, indulgence in bourgeois ways of life may eat away one's revolutionary will.