释义 |
while ☞ whileconj. [waɪl] ☞whilen. [waɪl]
双解释义 1. 在…期间,当…的时候;与…同时 during the time that; at the same as 2. 虽然,尽管 although 3. 而,然而 and then 基本要点 1. while用作连词时,表示“在…(过程)中,在…期间”。常用来引导时间状语从句,当主句的主语和while所引导的从句的主语一致时, while从句中的主语、谓语往往可以省去。2. while还可引导让步状语从句,意思是“虽然,尽管”,含有对比意味。3. while表示对比关系时,意思是“而,然而”。句型例句 You don't want to marry while you are studying. 在学习期间,你不要结婚。 While we were talking, he came in. 我们正在谈话时,他进来了。 While in prison, he wrote his first novel. 他在狱中写出了第一部小说。 While I admit his good point, I can see his shortcomings. 虽然我承认他的优点,我还是能看到他的缺点。 Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的,而静止是相对的。词语辨异 ♣ while, as, when 参见as条。 学习参考 while 还可用作及物动词,意思是“消磨时间”,常同副词away搭配。例如: When I'm free, I play the violin to while away the time. 我一有空,就拉小提琴来消磨时间。双解释义 S (一段)时间(period of) time 句型例句 I haven't seen him for a long while. 我好久没看见他了。常用短语 ♣ all the while 一直,始终 from begin to end He teaches English in the school all the while. 他一直在这所学校里教英语。 ♣ once in a while 时不时,偶尔,间或 occasionally He went to see them once in a while. 他偶尔去探望他们。 补充资料 [同义词] conj. as, when [词源]古英语hwil(当…时,和…同时) |