2PHRASE 从容不迫;不慌不忙;慢悠悠 If someone does something at leisure or at their leisure, they enjoy themselves by doing it when they want to, without hurrying. 从容不迫;不慌不忙;慢悠悠
You will be able to stroll at leisure through the gardens.
您可在花园里闲逛。
He could read all the national papers at his leisure.
他可以悠然阅读所有的全国性报纸。
Quotations
All intellectual improvement arises from leisureSamuel Johnson
Leisure contains the future, it is the new horizonHenri LefebvreEveryday Life in the Modern World
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。