while

单词while

基本解释

conj.: 虽然；尽管；在…期间；当…的时候
n.: 一会儿；一段时间
v.: 消磨
prep.: 〈古〉直至(某时)
网络: 而；循环；当……时候

权威解释

• 在…期间；当…的时候:

  during the time that sth is happening

• 与…同时:

  at the same time as sth else is happening

• （对比两件事物）…而，…然而:

  used to contrast two things

• 虽然；尽管:

  although; despite the fact that…

• 到…时；直到…为止:

  until

• 趁做某事的时候；顺便；顺带:

  used to suggest that sb could do sth while they are doing sth else

• 一段时间；一会儿:

  a period of time

英汉解释

• 〔古语〕直至(某时)

• 消磨,闲混(时间)

• 而,但是,可是,倒,却,但另一方面,反过来;虽则

• 而;虽然,尽管

• 当…时,在…期间;趁…之际;一边…一边…

• 当…的时候;和…同时

• 一段时间;一会儿;(所需、所费的)功夫

单词搭配

• v.+n.:

  take while,while price

• adj.+n.:

  long while,short while

• adv.+v.:

  away while

同义词

conj.aseven asbuthoweverin contrastn.timeperiodlittleintervalbit

例句

• If you would have listened to me once in a while, you might have learned something.

  如果你偶尔听进去我的劝告，你本来可以学到一些东西。

• Mary was able to lie in the sun by the hotel swimming pool, while Ted went off for long walks in the mountains with a group of hikers.

  在那里玛丽可以躺在旅馆的游泳池畔晒太阳，而特德则与一队登山者踏上山林之旅。

• While he was in Paris attending a conference, he took time off the see his parents.

  他在巴黎参加会议期间抽出时间去看望了父母。

• While I"m glad to see how much she likes giving to others, I wonder if she would be as generous sharing her own money or treats or toys.

  看到她那么乐于给予我很欣慰。可我好奇，如果是分享她自己的钱、零食或玩具，她是否还会一样的慷慨。

• She was also being bullied by some of the other young males, who would drag her along the ground while her mother looked on impassively.

  她还受到其它一些年轻雄性动物的欺负，他们会拖着她在地上走，而她妈妈则在一旁无动于衷地看着。

• When President Obama came into office, he committed to providing the best value for the American people while spending less money.

  奥巴马总统上台后，致力于为美国人民提供最好的服务，同时花较少的钱。

• With Germany about to enter its own election campaign, it may take a while to say yes to America.

  随着德国即将开始自己的竞选活动，该国唯美国马首是瞻也许还要花上一段时间。

• Do you think you could sing it to the baby once in a while?

  你能不能偶尔也唱这首歌给孩子听

• While it"s easy to say "Hire only socially outgoing altruists, " it"s obviously impractical in the real world.

  “聘请那些擅长社交，性格外向，乐于助人的人。”这句话说来容易，但是在现实世界中，显然并不实际。

• He told me that while he and his wife and seven-year-old daughter were out for dinner, his daughter knocked over her water glass.

  他跟我说了这样一件事：有一次，他和他的妻子以及他们7岁大的女儿到餐馆里吃晚餐时，他的女儿不小心把水杯打翻了。