| 单词 | while |
| 释义 | whilewhilewhile1 /waɪl/ linking word1during the time that something is happening: They arrived while we were having dinner.arrivebehave我们在吃饭的时候他们来了。Thieves broke in while she was asleep.thievebreakbe她睡着的时候小偷破门而入。2all the time that something is happening: Would you look after the children while I go shopping?willchildshop我买东西时你能不能照看一下孩子们？3although: While it was a good school, I was not happy there.bebe尽管那是一所好学校﹐但我在那儿并不高兴。4used to say that one person, thing, or situation is different from another SYN whereas: Schools in the north tend to be better equipped, while those in the south are relatively poor.schoolwellequipbe北方的学校设施往往要好一些﹐而南方的学校则相对差一些。THESAURUS: whilebut used when joining two words or phrases with different or opposite ideas. Don’t use but at the beginning of a sentence in written English: The hotel was cheap but good.beI liked the film but Kate didn’t.likealthough/even though used before a statement that makes your main statement seem surprising: Although he’s over 60, he still goes running every day.gorunI enjoyed German even though I wasn’t very good at it.enjoyhowever used when giving some information that is different to what you have just said. Used with commas in the middle or at the beginning of a sentence: Our family escaped. Other families, however, were less lucky.escapefamilybelittleTheir house is a long way from the nearest town. However, there is a good bus service.benearbenevertheless/nonetheless formal in spite of a fact that you have just mentioned: There was not much evidence. Nevertheless the jury said he was guilty.besaybeThe weather turned bad, but the festival was a great success nonetheless.turnbewhereas/while formal used when saying that something is true of one person, thing, or situation, but it is different for another: In the mountains there’s a lot of rain, whereas it’s usually dry on the coast.mountainA survey found that men worried about work, while women worried more about family problems.findmanworrywomanworryproblemon the other hand used when giving a different side of a situation or argument: It is a beautiful place to live. On the other hand, it can seem a bit boring sometimes.bebiteboreIt sounded like the perfect solution. On the other hand, it was too early to be sure.soundbe |
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