游手好閑、無所事事、漫無目的

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bum around 游手好閑、無所事事、漫無目的

“I was kind of bumming around， thinking， ‘You’ll never reach the goals you set for yourself.’”

—Robert Pattinson talking about his life

before Twilight (US Weekly)

Definition

Waste time by being lazy or wandering around aimlessly.

Use

A bum is a person who doesn’t work or doesn’t have a home. It isn’t very nice to call someone a bum， and it’s usually negative to say that someone is just bumming around， since it suggests that they’re being lazy and wasting time.

On the other hand， to bum around isn’t always considered a bad thing. Many backpackers are happy to bum around from one hostel to another， or travel from place to place without following a strict plan or schedule. Bum around can also mean to relax or take it easy. So it might be bad if all you ever do is bum around， but if you feel like bumming around a bit after a hard day’s work， who could blame you?

Before he became a famous actor， Robert Pattinson， the star of Twilight， felt bad about bumming around and not doing anything with his life. These days， he’s probably so busy that he doesn’t have any time to just bum around. Maybe he even wishes he could go back to his bumming days for just a little while.

Examples

1) Heidi’s dad is worried that she’s going to spend the rest of her life just bumming around.

海蒂的爸爸很擔心她下半輩子就這樣游手好閑下去了。

2) I wish I could just bum around today but I have too much work to do.

我希望今天能悠閑一點，但是卻有很多工作要做。

3) After I graduated from college， I didn’t want to start working right away so I bummed around Europe for a while instead.

大學畢業后，我不想馬上開始工作，所以我到歐洲閑游了一段時間。

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