汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 开小差
开小差 (開小差)
to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL)
(~儿)❶军人私自脱离队伍逃跑。❷比喻思想不集中:用心听讲,思想就不会~。
() kāi xiǎo chà/chā/chāi/cī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

开小差的比例居高不下。

Desertion rates are high.

第四团全体开小差了。

The Fourth Regiment deserted in a body.

尽量别让你的思想开小差

Try not to let your mind wander.

战败已成定局,许多士兵开小差跑了。

Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.

他在开小差之前是个少尉。

He was a second lieutenant in the army until he deserted.

开小差逃离他所在的团。

He deserted from his regiment.

他们不会开小差,因为开了小差,一家老小都要给枪毙。

Old man Calvin worked in a wheat mill not far from his house.

9看笑话:波得上课开小差在班上是出了名的。

9 see joke: Wave attend class absquatulate was giving a name on the class.

此外,他还因高伤亡率、战斗技能的明显下降、开小差,犯罪行为以及官兵之间缺乏团结等等而对他们进行了斥责。

Also, he rebuked them over the high number of casualties, an apparent decline in fighting skills, desertions, criminal acts and a lack of unity among the rank and file.