leisure
/ˈleʒə(r)/noun
mass noun
1- free time空闲, 闲暇。
1.1
- use of free time for enjoyment休闲:
increased opportunities for leisure
更多享受闲暇的机会
as modifier leisure activities.休闲活动。
1.2
leisure for/to do something
opportunity afforded by free time to do something可供支配的时间:writers with enough leisure to practise their art.
有充足时间练笔的作家。
短语
at leisure
1
- not occupied; free清闲, 不忙, 有空:
the rest of the day can be spent at leisure.
这天剩下的时间可以轻松度过了。
2
- in an unhurried manner从容地, 不慌不忙地:
the poems were left for others to read at leisure.
这些诗是留给别人慢慢去读的。
at one's leisure
- at one's ease or convenience有空时, 方便时。
lady(或 man, gentleman)of leisure
- a woman or man of independent means or whose time is free from obligations to others(经济独立或没有负担的)悠闲女士(或男士)。
词源
Middle English: from Old French leisir, based on Latin licere 'be allowed'.