对那些认为它闷得可以的人们说来，那是一本为消磨时间的书。

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.

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2008年为Salary.com进行的一项调查中，24岁以下的人群有53%表示这是他们消磨时间的主要活动，而41到65岁的人群中，这一比例仅为34%。

In a 2008 survey for Salary.com, 53% of those under age 24 said this was their primary 'time wasting' activity while at work, compared to just 34% for those between ages 41 and 65.

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他们打牌为的是消磨时间。

They play card so as to pass time.

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