time confetti 时间碎片

2015-04-03 07:26:35作者:佚名来源:本站原创

流行英文词汇:time confetti 时间碎片
  忙忙碌碌一天下来,我们经常觉得自己连休息的时间也没有。感觉连时间的间隙也充斥着大大小小的琐事,或许我们应该停下来,看看自己的time confetti(时间碎片)都去哪儿了。

Time confetti refers to brief scraps1 of leisure time scattered2 throughout a person’s day.

“时间碎片”指的是一个人一天中零碎的休闲时间。

Example:

What are the most frequent contributors to your time confetti? If you could convert all of your confetti into leisure time, would you feel guilty?
最多占用你的“时间碎片”的事情是什么?如果你能把自己所有的时间碎片都变成休闲时光,你会觉得内疚吗?

1 scraps
油渣
参考例句:
Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。


2 scattered
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。