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while
n.
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?
习惯用语
a good [long, great] while 长[许]久
a little while 不久, 一会儿
a while ago 方才, 刚才
after a while不久, 过一会儿
all the while 始终, 一直
at whiles 有时, 时常
between whiles 间或, 时或
every little while (=at whiles) 有时, 时常
for a [one] while 暂时
in a little while 不久, 没一会儿
make it worth sb.'s while 酬谢某人, 贿赂某人
the while [whilst] (与此)同时, 在此期间
while you are about it [口]顺便, 在你做这个的同时
worth (one's) while 值得的; 值得花费时间, 值得一干; 有益的本回答被提问者采纳
第2个回答 2008-02-18
牛津高阶英汉双解词典
while 1
/ waɪl; US hwaɪl; hwaɪl/ 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.
> 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 2
/ waɪl; US hwaɪl; hwaɪl/ (also whilst / waɪlst; US hwaɪlst; hwaɪlst/) 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.牛津高阶英语词典