Instead of wasting time, she employed herself in reading.

她专心致志地看书, 浪费时间。

Fancy hurling away a good chance like that, the silly girl!

想想她竟然把这样一个好机会丢掉了, 真是个傻姑娘!

There are others to whom Idleness dictates another expedient, by which life may be passed unprofitably away without the tediousness of many vacant hours.

对于其他一些人来说，懒散还有另一种现形式，时光纵然流逝，而他们并没有因为许多小时没有做什麽而感到无聊乏味。