（无所事事）

如果形容某人是 hanging around, 意思就是此人无所事事，没有目的地闲逛。

【例句】

1. I like going shopping with my friends but we spend most of the day just hanging around in the mall.

2. I don't think he really loves me. I'm getting sick of hanging around waiting for him to call.

3. There is nothing for teenagers to do round here. They just spend their evenings hanging around street corners.

请注意：To hang up on someone 的意思是在通话过程中由于某种原因突然把电话挂断。

【例句】

1. If you don't stop shouting at me, I'm hanging up right now!

【小常识】

Alexander Graham Bell, who was born in Scotland in 1847, is credited with inventing the telephone. In 1876 he was awarded the first US patent for his new invention. Bell was a British citizen for most of his early life. He applied for American citizenship after 1877, gained it in 1882, and referred to himself as an American citizen from that point on.

电话发明者亚历山大•格雷厄姆•贝尔 1847 年出生在苏格兰。1876 年, 他是第一位在美国被授予发明专利的人。贝尔以英国公民的身份度过了他大部分的早期生活。1877 年之后他申请了美国国籍,于 1882 年获得批准。从那时起贝尔称自己是一名美国公民。