While
[ waɪl ]
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conj. 在…期间;与…同时;虽然;而;
n. （一段）时间;
vt. 消磨，打发（时间）;（愉快而懒散地）度过（时间）（常与 away 连用）;
📝 例句
She listened closely while he read the letter.
他读信时,她听得很仔细。
We must strike while the iron is hot.
我们必须趁热打铁。
The same rules hold true for while:
同样的规则亦适用于while：
In practice, do-while is less common than while.
在实际应用中，while比do-while更常用一些。
I like tea while she likes coffee.
我喜欢喝茶,而她喜欢喝咖啡。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ while-一会儿,white-白:过了一会儿,白云出现了
※ wh-拼音“晚会”,I-我,le-拼音“乐”:当有晚会时我就乐了
※ whale-鲸,while-当的时候:得在鲸鱼麻痹大意的时候才能捉住它们
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
while
n[sing]
1 (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.
2 (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 (also whilst ) conj
1
(a) during the time that; when 在...期间; 当...的时候
He fell asleep while (he was) doing his homework. 他做著做著功课就睡著了.
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. 他去上班一边开著车一边听音乐.
I lived in a hostel while I was a student. 我求学期间住在青年招待所里.
2 (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.
3 (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.
🔁 扩展释义
*[hwail]n. 一会儿, (一段)时间conj. 当...的时候, 虽然vt. 消磨相关词组: after a while a short while ago all the while once in a while make it worth sb's while the while while sth away
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Nowadays in the USA, more and more young people are losing interest in politics.
正在的美国，越来越多的年轻人对政治丧失了兴趣。
I'm old enough to make up my own mind.
我是够年纪做自己的决定了。
At night, families often stay in the open air near their houses.
晚上很多人家常呆在附近户外。