A more informal version of that same phrase is to kill time.

打时间。

How did you spend the weekend?

周末怎么打时间啊？

Oh, looks like he found someone to occupy his time.

找到人打时间了。

So to pass the time, I started passing it in prayer.

所以为了打时间，我开始祈祷。

So how do you pass the time?

你该如何打时间呢？

I hear stupidity makes time go faster.

听听这些蠢事打时间。

What am I supposed to do for entertainment?

那我怎么打时间呢？

I've been killing time by listening to music before my appointment.

我在约会之前听音乐打时间。

I know what we can do to kill time.

我知道我们要怎么打时间了。

Are they ashamed of how they spend their time?

们是否为自己如何打时间感到羞愧？

And now you're just wasting time at the mall.

现在你每天都在商场里打时间。

So to fill the time, they wrote stuff.

所以为了打时间 们开始写写东西。

The making of Zongzi is a family pastime that requires all hands on deck.

粽子的制作过程，是一家人一起打时间的机会，需要共同参与。

OK. Nice. So how would you pass the time on this island?

很棒。你在岛上要怎么打时间？

So, this is how a man with no conscience spends his time.

没良心的男人就这么打时间的啊。

Teaching is not a pastime, it's a profession.

教书不是打时间的消遣 是一项职业。

Hmm. I think Morty's robot was designed for more than long weekends.

Morty的机器人不只是用打时间的。

I am hungry, and all I can do to pass the time is hump.

我好饿，唯一能打时间的就是爱爱。

So he guards her, biding his time with a good supply of bamboo.

所以守卫着她，靠吃大量竹子打时间。

They may want to develop apps to entertain them.

或许们想开些应用程序为鹦鹉打时间吧。