牛津高阶英汉双解词典
while
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/ wa?l; US hwa?l; hwa?l/ n
[sing]
(period of) time （一段）时间: She worked in a
bank for a while before studying law. 她学法律之前在银行工作过一段时间. * For a long while we had no news of him. 很长一段时间我们没有他的消息. *
I'll be back in a little while, ie soon. 我一会儿就回来.
* It took quite a while (ie a long time) to find a hotel. 很长时间才找到一家旅馆. * We
waited for three hours, all the while hoping that someone would come and fetch
us. 我们等候了三个小时, 一直希望能有人来接我们.
(idm 习语) once in a while => once.
worth sb's while => worth.
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while v (phr v) while sth away pass
(a period of time) in a leisurely way 逍遥自在地度过（一段时间）: We
whiled away the time at the airport reading magazines. 我们在机场阅读杂志消磨时间.
* It's easy to while a few hours away in a museum.
在博物馆里很容易打发掉几个小时.
while
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/ wa?l; US hwa?l; hwa?l/ (also whilst / wa?lst; US hwa?lst;
hwa?lst/) conj
(a) during the time that; when 在...期间; 当...的时候:
He fell asleep while (he was) doing his homework.
他做着做着功课就睡着了. * While I was in Madrid there was a
carnival. 我在马德里的时候正赶上狂欢节. * While (locked up) in
prison, she wrote her first novel. 她在狱中写出了第一部小说. (b) at the
same time as 与...同时: While Mary was writing a letter, the
children were playing outside. 玛丽写信时孩子都在外面玩儿. * He listens to the radio while driving to work.
他去上班一边开着车一边听音乐. * I lived in a hostel while I was
a student. 我求学期间住在青年招待所里.
(used to show a contrast 用以表示对比或相反的情况): I drink black coffee while he prefers it with cream.
我爱喝清咖啡而他喜欢加奶油的. * English is understood all over
the world while Turkish is spoken by only a few people outside Turkey itself.
英语世界通行, 但土耳其语离开本国就很少有人说了.
(fml 文) although 虽然: While I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot
be solved. 尽管我承认有问题存在,
但我不同意说这些问题不能解决.