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单词 leisure
释义
leisure
noun[U]
uk
/ˈleʒ.ər/us
/ˈliː.ʒɚ/
B1
thetimewhen you are notworkingor doing otherduties:
空闲，闲暇，休闲
leisureactivities休闲活动
Mostpeopleonly have alimitedamountof leisuretime.大多数人只有有限的空闲时间。
Thetownlacksleisurefacilitiessuch as aswimmingpoolorsquashcourts.这个城镇缺少游泳池、壁球场等休闲设施。
More examples
  • Swimmingpoolsusually come under 'leisurecentres' in thephonedirectory.
  • I don't have muchopportunityfor leisurepursuitsthesedays.
  • The leisureindustryisbooming.
  • You can't have it bothways- you eitherworklongerand getpaidmore or have more leisuretimeand getpaidless.
  • What do you do inyourleisuretime?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pastimes - general words
  • activity
  • amusement
  • caper
  • frolic
  • game
  • hobby
  • interest
  • nonprofessional
  • nonprofessionally
  • pastime
  • pursuit
  • rec
  • recreation
  • recreational
  • relaxation

Idiom

at (your) leisure
(Definition ofleisurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

leisure| American Dictionary

leisure
noun[U]
us
/ˈli·ʒər,ˈleʒ·ər/
thetimewhen you arefreefromworkor otherdutiesand canrelax:
She has alimitedamountof leisuretime.

leisurely

adjectiveus
/ˈli·ʒər·li,ˈleʒ·ər-/
a leisurelystrollon thebeach

Idiom

atyourleisure
(Definition ofleisurefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

leisure| Business English

leisure
noun[U]
uk
/ˈleʒər/us
/ˈliːʒər/
COMMERCE
activitiespeopledo when they are notworking, torelaxandenjoythemselves:
Shares inthe leisuresectorhave notperformedso well thisyear.
Hotels,airlinesand otherfirmsinthe leisureindustrymaysuffer.
leisureactivities/pursuits
aleisurebusiness/company/group
aleisurecomplex/development
leisurefacilities
at (your) leisure
when youwantto and when you havetimeto:
Developments intechnologymeanwe can now dobankingtransactionsatourleisure.
(Definition ofleisurefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleisure

leisure
Although all the regression models were significant, the explained variance varied greatly by the type ofleisureactivity.
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It is based on health andleisurerather than infirmity and poverty.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The book begins with a useful series of definitions including the familiar concept of 'leisure' as free-time rather than a specific set of activities.
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Leisureis much less volatile than any other series.
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Leisurereading (that not required by school) was a good indicator of the level of intrinsic interest in reading in a particular language.
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The survey asked respondents for socio-demographic descriptors and about their financial situation, health andleisureactivities.
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The 2002 sample members were about 50 per cent more likely to participate in physicalleisureactivities than the 1992 respondents.
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The respondents were provided with a rather long list of the most commonleisureactivities and asked to select in which they participated.
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For one thing, it is misleading to measureleisuresimply as time spent outside the labor market.
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We also compared the stability of impairment in personality disorders across domains of functioning, including occupational, social,leisure, and global functioning.
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Examining the long term effects ofleisureeducation on a sense of independence and psychological well-being among the elderly.
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Leisureactivity included sports, games and other exercises.
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For any given community, natural and constructed amenities and services designed for tourists may also attract active older adults seeking cultural andleisureopportunities.
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She is spatially bound in herleisureactivities and seldom ventures to unfamiliar places by herself.
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The health effects of solitaryleisureactivities, such as mainly home-based hobbies or watching television, are however inconclusive.
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Collocationswithleisure

leisure

These are words often used in combination withleisure.

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form of leisure
Theformofleisurecan, of course, enhance people's lives, and enable them to live a fuller life.
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Hansard archive
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gentleman of leisure
The time is now coming when man may well go out to his work for two hours and face the rest of the day as a gentleman of leisure.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
increased leisure
The more imperative reason for promoting "youth-serving" agencies grew out of the antisocial products of increased leisure time - destructiveness, delinquency, and just plain mischief.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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