while

while [(h)wail] n.

1. ■ 时间; 一段时间, 一会儿

Wait a while. 等一会儿。

It took a long while to do the work. 做这个工作花了许多时间。

What have you been doing all this while? 这一阵子你一直在做什么?

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词性变化

while [(h)wail] conj.

1. ■ 当...的时候, 和...同时; 只要

2. ■ 但是, 然而

3. ■ 虽然; 尽管

half-turn while in hanging 悬垂转体180°

Write while I dictate. 当我口述时请你记下。

Some people like coffee, while others like te

adj.

1. ■ 有些人喜欢咖啡, 而有些人喜欢茶。

While he loves his students, he is very strict with them. 虽然他爱他的学生, 可是他对他们很严格。

prep.

1. ■ [古]到...时候止, 直到...

vt.

1. ■ 消磨, 闲混(时间)(away)

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习惯用语

a good [long, great] while

1. ■ 长[许]久

a little while

1. ■ 不久, 一会儿

a while ago

1. ■ 方才, 刚才

after a while

1. ■ 不久, 过一会儿

all the while

1. ■ 始终, 一直

at whiles

1. ■ 有时, 时常

between whiles

1. ■ 间或, 时或

every little while (=at whiles)

1. ■ 有时, 时常

for a [one] while

1. ■ 暂时

in a little while

1. ■ 不久, 没一会儿

make it worth sb.'s while

1. ■ 酬谢某人, 贿赂某人

the while [whilst]

1. ■ (与此)同时, 在此期间

while you are about it

1. ■ [口]顺便, 在你做这个的同时

worth (one's) while

1. ■ 值得的; 值得花费时间, 值得一干; 有益的