Um, she hated school so she skived off a lot.

嗯，她讨厌学校，所以她经常逃学。

" If Snape's teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts again, I'm skiving off, "

“如果斯内普再来上黑魔法防御术课，我就请病假。”

Yes, in British English we usually say 'skive' or 'skive off' or 'bunk off'

是，在英式英语中，我们通常说“skive”或者“skive off”或者“bunk off”。

Skiving? It means they're bunking their lesson.

？就是说他们都逃课。

For example, Don't tell mum I skived off school.

例如，要告诉妈妈我逃学。

" Hogwarts prefects surely don't wish to skive off lessons? "

“霍格沃茨总会想要逃课吧？”

" You can't skive off Divination, " said Hermione severely.

“你能逃占卜课。”赫敏正色说。

Skiving is when you don't go to school or work when you should.

skiving 就是你本应该去上学或工作却没去。

" I'll give you undercover! " cried Mrs Figg, " Dementors, you useless, skiving sneak thief! "

“去你暴露身份！”费格太太嚷道，“摄魂怪，你这个逃避责任没用大骗子！”

For example, he says he's too ill to come to work, but I think he's skiving.

例如，他说他病得能来上班，但我认为他是在偷懒。

I'd say she won't be long, but she's probably skiving again.

我估计她很快会回来 过她可能又在磨洋工。

“If Snape's teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts again, I'm skiving off, ” said Ron as they headed toward Lupin's classroom after lunch.

“如果斯内普再来上黑魔法防御术课，我就请病假。”罗恩说，这时他们已经吃罢午饭，正要去上卢平教授课。

One report of 1796 describes how employees at a firm in Furstenberg drank schnapps at work or skived off to go hunting.

1796年一份报告描述弗斯滕贝格一家公司员工是如何在工作时喝烈酒，或是驾车去打猎。

" And speaking of your Skiving Snackboxes, " said Hermione, eyeing Fred and George beadily, " you can't advertise for testers on the Gryffindor noticeboard."

“说到你们速效逃课糖，”赫敏严厉地瞪着弗雷德和乔治说，“你们能在格兰芬多布告栏上贴广告招聘试验者。”

This might seem reasonable - apart from the fact that the man told his boss his dog was dead as a previous excuse for skiving off.

这似乎是合理——除这个人告诉他老板他狗死作为先前逃跑借口之外。