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all the while

/wahyl, hwahyl/US // waɪl, ʰwaɪl //UK // (waɪl) //

一边是,一边,同时,一路走来

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moment瞬间,时候,瞬时,矩period时间bit位,位数,比特,位元time时间,时代,时期,时instant即时,瞬间,即时的,瞬间的space空间,空间的,太空,场地stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长spell咒语,拼写,咒骂,拼字meantime同时,同时也是,同时也是在interim临时,临时的,临时性的,临时性occasion机会,场合,时机,偶尔although虽说,虽然,虽说是,尽管during期间,在,过程中,期间的at the same time一时之间,同时,同期,与此同时whilst同时,同时也是albeit尽管,虽然,尽管如此,尽管有though尽管,虽然,虽说,虽说是when当,什么时候,当年whereas而,鉴于,然而,而对于howbeit尽管,虽说,虽然,虽然如此

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a period or interval of time: to wait a long while;He arrived a short while ago.
    • : Archaic. a particular time or occasion.
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : during or in the time that.
    • : throughout the time that; as long as.
    • : even though; although: While she appreciated the honor, she could not accept the position.
    • : at the same time that: The floor was strewn with books, while magazines covered the tables.
prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. until.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    whiled, whil·ing.

    • : to cause to pass, especially in some easy or pleasant manner.

Phrases

  • while away
  • while back
  • while there's life there's hope
  • all the time (while)
  • a while back
  • every now and then (once in a while)
  • fiddle while Rome burns
  • get out while the getting is good
  • in a while
  • make hay while the sun shines
  • once in a while
  • quit while you're ahead
  • strike while the iron's hot
  • worth one's while

Synonyms & Antonyms

as induring
Synonyms
all along一直以来,一向以来,一贯如此,一向amid在其中,在其中的,处于as作为,如,如同,因为at the same time as同时也是,同时也是在,同时,与此同时at the time当时,当时的,其时,在当时for the time being暂时还没有,暂时,暂时的,暂时没有in the course of在此过程中,过程中,在,期间in the interim在这期间,在此期间,其间in the meanwhile在此过程中,在这期间,在此同时,在此期间in the middle of中间的,中的,中,中间in the time of的时候,在,时的meanwhile同时,与此同时mid中间,中,中段,中层midst中层,中间,中段,中间的over在,超过,超过了,在过去pending待定,待定的,待决,待处理the time between之间的时间,间的时间,的时间the whole time一直以来,从头到尾,一路走来throughout自始至终,在整个过程中,贯穿始终,贯穿始终的until直到,直至,直到直到,到when当,什么时候,当年while而,虽然,同时

Examples

  • Panda-Patrice hybrid plays board games with five young girls whilst rapping “Get me broccoli/While I play Monopoly.”

  • I fervently believe that the government should cut down on texting-while-driving if it possibly can.

  • At first borrowing from an online lender was just a once-in-a-while habit that started in early 2009.

  • With the more abundant material now available, such an appraisal would be worth-while.

  • The youthful pair start beneath the smile of a blue sky, flecked with milk-while clouds merely to heighten the effect.

  • She seemed one of the most worth‑while girls I had ever met.

  • Why, on the campus now, the really worth-while girls rave over her.

  • “It is as though the bearer had run for a paternoster-while, and then leaped the river,” Dick observed.

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