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🔑whilewhile1 /waɪl / conjunction - during the time that; when当…的时候；在…期间◆He always calls while we're eating lunch.他总是在我们吃午饭的时候打电话。
- at the same time as与…同时◆She usually listens to the radio while she's driving to work.她开车上班的时候通常都会收听广播。
- (formal) used when you are contrasting two ideas（表示对比）而，可是，然而◆Some countries are rich, while others are extremely poor.有些国家很富足，而另一些却极度贫穷。◆While I understand your point, I simply do not agree with you.我理解你的意思，可我就是不同意你的观点。➨ LANGUAGE BANK用语库Comparison and Contrasthighlighting differences突出不同之处One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way they use the Internet.参与这项调查的女孩和男孩之间的一个重大区别就是他们使用互联网的方式不同。Unlike the girls, who use the Internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the Internet for playing games.女孩子使用互联网主要为和朋友保持联系。和她们不同，这次调查中被问到的男孩子往往用互联网玩网络游戏。Compared with the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting with friends on the telephone.和男孩子比起来，女孩子花在和朋友打电话聊天的时间要多得多。On average, the girls reported spending four hours a week chatting with friends on the phone. In contrast / On the other hand, very few of the boys reported spending more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way.女孩子平均每周花四个小时和朋友打电话聊天。相比之下，极少有男孩子平均每天给朋友打电话聊天超过五分钟。The boys expressed a preference for competitive sports and computer games, whereas / while the girls enjoyed more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends.男孩子更喜欢竞技性的体育活动和网络游戏，女孩子则更热衷于合作性的活动，如和朋友一起逛商店。
🔑whilewhile2 /waɪl / noun [singular] a period of time (usually short)一段（短）时间；一会儿◆Let's sit down here for a while.咱们在这儿坐会儿吧。 ●(every) once in a whileoccasionally, but not often偶尔；有时◆We like to order Chinese food every once in a while.我们偶尔喜欢点中餐。●worth sb's whilehelpful, useful, or interesting to someone对（某人）有好处；对（某人）有用；合（某人）的心意
whilewhile3 /waɪl / verb  ●while sth awayto spend time in a pleasant lazy way消磨，轻松地度过（时间）◆We whiled away the time reading and playing cards.我们看看书，打打牌，就把时间消磨过去了。 |