21世纪英汉汉英双向词典
while
while
[hwaIl, waIl; wail, hwail]
连接词
1 a. 当…的时候,在…当中,与…同时
We kept watch ~ they slept.
当他们睡觉时,我们在看守
Don't phone me ~ I'm at the office.
我在办公室时,别打电话给我
W~ (he was) fighting in Germany, he was taken prisoner.
他在德国作战时被俘
b. 只要… (as long as)
2 a. 虽然… (可是) ,尽管… (但是) (although)
W~ I admit that the task is difficult, I don't think that it is impossible.
虽然我承认那工作很困难,但我不认为那是不可能做的
b. 但另一方面,然而; 同时
He likes sports, ~ I like books.
他喜欢运动,然而我喜欢看书
The book pleased the critics ~ it entertained the public.
那本书使评论家欣喜,同时 (另一方面) 也使大众感到兴趣
The wind grew more and more furious, ~ it began to rain.
风力变得越来越猛烈,同时也下起雨来
名词
[a ~] (短暂的) 时间,暂时
for a (short) ~
短暂 [一会儿] 的时间
in a (little) ~
不久,马上
once in a ~
有时,偶尔
after a ~
过了一会儿
quite a ~
相当长的一段时间
all the while
(1) 一直,始终
(2) 做…的时候,一直
The students chattered all the ~ I was lecturing.
那些学生在我讲课的时候一直喋喋不休地讲话
all this while
在这长时间内一直
between whiles
有时,间或
make it worth a person's while
(口语)报答某人的辛劳,给予某人适当的谢礼,行贿
the while
在其间; 同时地
this long while = all this WHILE
worth (one's [a person's] ) while→worth
形容词
及物动词
闲荡著度过,消磨<时间>
He ~d away his vacation on the beach.
他在海边度过假期