vacant hours meaning in English

空闲时间

There are others to whom idleness dictates another expedient , by which life may be passed unprofitably away without the tediousness of many vacant hours
对于其他一些人来说，懒散还有另一种表现形式，时光纵然白白流逝，而他们并没有因为许多小时没有做什么而感到无聊乏味。
" when my brother left us yesterday , he imagined that the business which took him to london , might be concluded in three or four days , but as we are certain it cannot be so , and at the same time convinced that when charles gets to town he will be in no hurry to leave it again , we have determined on following him thither , that he may not be obliged to spend his vacant hours in a comfortless hotel
让我念给你听吧：我哥哥昨天和我们告别的时候，还以为他这次上伦敦去，只要三四天就可以把事情办好可是我们认为办不到，同时我们相信，查尔斯一进了城，决不肯马上就走，因此我们决计追踪前去，免得他冷冷清清住在旅馆里受罪。