2at (your) leisureSLOWif you do something at your leisure, you do it slowly and without hurrying 有空时,空闲时
Come round for lunch and then we can discuss it at leisure.
有空过来吃午饭吧,我们可以慢慢讨论。
Take the leaflets home and read them at your leisure.
把这些传单拿回家,有空慢慢看。
Examples from the Corpus
at (your) leisure• There would be months in which they could play it back at leisure.• Treat yourself to something special, or simply browseat leisure.• You may work, doctor, at your leisure, with your hundred thousand about you.• The rest of the day is at leisure.• Take a brochure home to read at your leisure.• Of Athens' other allies, only Byzantion came out, and both cities were reducedat leisure.• Every facet of the signal can be studied at leisure, including amplitude, frequency, phase and detailed time dependence.• Sixty cars will be displayed, and potentialbuyers will be able to inspect them at leisure.• Instead, she was utterly at leisure to give unstintingly to friends and foes, colleagues and passing tramps.
3.gentleman/lady of leisureWORK/DO WORKsomeone who does not have to work – used humorously 〔不必工作的〕有闲先生/女士〔幽默用法〕
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gentleman/lady of leisure• As a gentleman of leisure it was a breeze.
nCOLLOCATIONS
leisure + NOUN
leisure time
They spend much of their leisure time with their grandchildren.
a leisure activity/interest
Many people have little time after work for leisure activities.
leisure pursuits formal (=leisure activities)
Ask about his hobbies and leisure pursuits.
a leisure centre/complex (=a place where you can play sports etc)
The local leisure centre has a swimming pool and a sauna.
leisure facilities (=different places where you can play sports etc)
The leisure facilities in the town are very good.
the leisure industry/sector
The leisure sector has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years.
a leisure group (=a group of companies in the leisure industry)
The leisure group reported record profits last year.
leisure time• Older people have disposable income and leisure time, keyfactors in their willingness and ability to buy and use computers.• There is evidence that, in Britain, working time is increasing and leisure timedeclining.• We can use our increased leisure time, energy and money, to improve life for ourselves and our families.• Increased leisure time is a challenge for older people and most will welcome the challenge.• A lot of people seem to have less leisure time these days.• Research shows that people consistently overestimate the time they spend working and underestimate their leisure time.• This is not a city where people know how to use leisure time.• Eirias Park Spend your leisure time in Eirias Park - the park by the sea.
leisure ♦︎ spare time ♦︎ free timeThese are all words for time when you are not working or studying.这些词均表示空闲、闲暇。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in your spare / free time◆to have (more / no) leisure / spare time / free time◆to spend your spare time / free time doing sth◆to give up your spare time / free time■leisureˈleʒə(r); NAmEˈliːʒər [uncountable] (ratherformal) time that is spent doing what you enjoy when you are not working or studying闲暇;空闲;休闲◆These days we have more money and more leisure to enjoy it.如今我们钱多了,也有更多时间来花钱享受了。◆leisure activities / interests / pursuits业余活动/爱好/消遣◆the growth of the leisure industry休闲产业的增长■ˌspare ˈtime [uncountable] time when you are not doing your usual job or studies空闲时间;空余时间◆In her spare time she managed to complete her Master of Education degree.她利用空余时间取得了教育硕士学位。◆He spent most of his spare time watching television.他的空闲时间大部分都用来看电视了。 see also spare ⇨ freeadj.3■ˌfree ˈtime [uncountable] spare time空余时间;空闲时间◆It's wonderful the way the students give up their free time to help these children.学生用空余时间来帮助这些孩子,真令人赞赏。 see also free ⇨ freeadj.3NOTE辨析 Leisure, spare time or free time?Leisure is used when talking about people and society in general, especially in a business context; when talking about yourself or an individual person, use spare time or free time. * leisure指人或社会的总体情况,尤用于商务语境;指自己或某个人的情况时要用spare time或free time◆What do you do in your leisure?◆the spare/free time industrySpare time is used much more than free time with possessive pronouns such as my, your, his, her, their, etc. * spare time比free time更常与my、your、his、her、their等物主代词连用◆What do you do in your spare time?你空闲的时候做什么?◆In my spare time I write stories.我空闲时写小说。Free time is used more to talk about how much time people have when they are not working or studying. * free time更多用于谈论空闲时间的多少◆I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。