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Definition of while in English: whilenoun wʌɪl(h)waɪl 1A period of time. 一会儿，一段时间 我们聊了一会儿。 she retired a little while ago 她刚退休不久。 Example sentencesExamples - All the while, she watches Brian's face, alert for signs of pain or discomfort.
- None the less, for a while it became very difficult for writers to present their views artistically.
- At Ibrox, there is a telly in the ref's room, and I'll maybe watch that for a while.
- The matter was referred to London and Paris, and for a while tension between the two countries was extreme.
- We spent a while just watching them eat, scratch, yawn, stretch and go about their business.
- A baby is born, then there is a rest for a little while, then the contractions should start again.
- At this time kidneys were taken a little while after the donor's heart had stopped and death had been pronounced.
- So I sat and flew my tiny little kite for a while and watched the much bigger inflatables and other kites fill the sky above.
- Once you gain the promontory of grandparenthood, these things last for only short whiles, not for 20 straight years like they used to.
- I went back and watched TV for a while till Jess wanted to go back to her room.
- After a while, a low grumbling in our stomachs indicated it was time to hit the curry house.
- Taoism may prolong your life for a while, but by means of its teaching one cannot escape death.
- Yet all the while they know where they are and where they are going!
- For a while, she watches the merry flames which seem to embody the very spirit of this night.
- All this while my family was watching from inside the van, and in full view of all those in line.
- There were two bastards in the Jones household for a while - but only one of them was truly Jenny's.
- He opened his eyes and, having watched her for a while, he asked her what she was doing.
- It is safe to assume that the word had been around for a while before 1611.
- After a while, the consensus on how to respond to the examples breaks down and the debate stalls.
- Matron allowed me to come too, for a while, to watch, pirouette around and drink a thimbleful of ginger wine.
Synonyms time, spell, stretch, stint, span, season, interval, period, period of time, length of time, duration, run, phase, stage, term British informal patch - 1.1a while For some time.
片刻，暂时 我能暂时保留它吗？ Example sentencesExamples - Again the industry cooled its heels a while and then brought back the same plan.
2the whileAt the same time; meanwhile. 同时；与此同时 he starts to draw, talking the while 他开始画画，边画边讲。 - 2.1literary During the time that.
〈诗/文〉在此期间 beseeching him, the while his hand she wrung 她恳求他，并一直紧抓住他的手。
conjunction wʌɪl(h)waɪl 1During the time that; at the same time as. 当…的时候，和…同时 nothing much changed while he was away 他不在的时候，没有什么太大变化。 Example sentencesExamples - By then, experience had toughened him, while making him more determined than ever to succeed.
- People have argued that Einstein grew up as a scientist while he was developing the general theory.
- You can watch a previously-recorded show while recording something else, you see.
- The question has been raised whether we were tortured while being investigated.
- Police have apologised after two brothers were arrested while they were watching a hunt for car thieves.
- The double receiver means viewers can watch one digital channel while recording another.
- Domitia finds the list while he sleeps, and joins others whose names are there in a conspiracy.
- All of them, like Darwin, had to negotiate ways to work while suffering from ill health.
- Pliny the Elder lost his life while visiting Vesuvius during an eruption.
- The thing that stayed with me while watching the movie was the sense of dread that something was going to happen.
- Officers parked a decoy car with items left in full view while they watched from an unmarked vehicle nearby.
- They may also accept patients on a temporary basis while they are resident in the practice area.
- Sousa's creed as a conductor was to entertain his audience while educating them.
- Can a tradition be borrowed only in part, while leaving out something fundamental to it?
- Every year a lot of new people are sucked into the media occupations, while at the same time a lot of people leave.
- This means that they allow the analyst to code text while working at the computer and to retrieve the coded text.
- They relate to what people can say or do while participating in a procession or other form of demonstration.
- Now I'm not going to be able to think of anything else but her ears while watching the movie.
- It would not be right to close a chapter about art in the digital era while neglecting the truest offspring of the new media.
- The victims were attacked while watching a cricket match between India and Pakistan on television.
2Whereas (indicating a contrast) 而，然而（表示对比） one person wants out, while the other wants the relationship to continue 一人想就此了断，而另一人想继续保持这种关系。 Example sentencesExamples - All the toes were red while the rest of the foot was white, indicating poor circulation.
- Some contracts offer just protection, while others provide investment links.
- A strange contradiction emerged as the art was praised while those who created it were degraded.
- Black cabbies pay the airport a fee to operate there, while Checker was required to bid for a contract.
- Her husband spends his weekends watching football, while she watches soap operas and Sex and the City.
- Some sought to contradict him, while others tried, unsuccessfully, to ignore his prying.
- This indicates that expression of the transgene occurs in tubers while the endogene seems to be silent.
- O'Boyle is out of contract in the summer, while Thomas still has two years remaining on his deal.
- The main entrance is on the north while another to the south is used by a modern track.
- Writing by hand continues to be basic to education while at the same time its value has declined in occupational terms.
- This is not a static and unchangeable world where all whites have the goods while blacks do not.
- It can absorb the individual as a visit to the cinema can, while watching television can't.
- Spain is increasing the size of its fishing fleet while ours is contracting.
- He was presented with a watch, while his wife Wendy was presented with a bouquet of flowers.
- Myrtle, for example, is the emblem of love while sweet lavender denotes a loyal heart.
- The sky was almost black, while the trees and shrubs where all frosty pink.
- Danny Slatter has signed a one-year contract, while Russell Edwards has been released.
- Both in fact were non-rhotic, while the majority of Americans speak with rhotic accents.
- There is a mistaken belief that it is a straight road, while in fact there is a slight bend.
- 2.1 In spite of the fact that; although.
虽然，尽管 while I wouldn't recommend a night-time visit, by day the area is full of interest 虽然我不建议夜间游玩，但是在白天，这个地区很有玩头。 Example sentencesExamples - Hegel, for example, while not defending war, observed that it was the nursery of the heroic virtues.
- In fact, while they are labeled as such, they are not really fantasy stories in the genre sense.
- I knew that cat-claws, while wonderful things, cannot get traction on the glass of a mirror.
- So the thought of flying, while appealing, was not at the top of my list of things to do.
- So, while online petitions are useless, as everyone says, surely they can do no harm.
- But while it created room for the diffusion of authority it did not have a place for individualism.
- Thus while we can start with Waltz, we certainly do not want to stop with him.
- The spray is used to subdue violent offenders and, while painful, does not leave any permanent damage.
- In fact, while the experiment was, of necessity, painful, it was far from worthless.
- But while one side of the battle is finished, it will not go away.
- Peter says while the thought of group therapy may seem daunting, there are many benefits from working this way.
- Walking lines of kids around the Plateau on a long cord, while cute, cannot be the only option.
- The fact remains that, while horses may not die of foot-and-mouth, they do carry the disease.
- The relationship, while exciting and original, had eventually become strained.
- Now, though, while the price of these two has dropped more than two quid, so has the quality.
- I have always thought that Edinburgh, while grand in design, was timid in vision.
- But while gay couples may be looking to settle down, some find life in Britain difficult.
- Such conditions, while toxic to plants and animals, can be quite cozy for archaeans.
Synonyms although, even if, even though, in spite of the fact that, despite the fact that, notwithstanding the fact that, notwithstanding that, for all that, while, whilst, granted that, even supposing, despite the possibility that, albeit, however, yet, but
relative adverbwʌɪl(h)waɪl During which. 在…的时候 the period while the animal remains alive 在动物还活着的时候。 Example sentencesExamples - There were no words confining the cover to a period while actual repairs were taking place.
- There's a moment's freezing silence while her eyebrows contract like thunder.
- It is not just for a relatively short period while physical defects to the property are made good.
- The result was a lengthy hiatus in the building work while another contractor was sought.
verb wʌɪl(h)waɪl [with object]while something awayPass time in a leisurely manner. 消磨时光 a diversion to while away the long afternoons 消磨整个漫长下午的消遣活动。 Example sentencesExamples - People sat under parasols outside the cafes, whiling the day away.
- But for today's child, vacation no longer means whiling away the time in front of the television, pestering the mother or keeping grandparents on tenterhooks for the most part of the day.
- Anyhow, it's a scorcher of an afternoon, perfect for whiling away a couple of hours in the sunshine.
- These are the best places for whiling away lazy afternoons in amusing, light-hearted conversations with the often-quirky fellow hostel mates.
- When not in school, the troupe whiles away its time at Arnold's, the local drive-in diner.
- When boys of their age were seen whiling away their time playing games and wasting their money on watching movies, it is commendable to see these students lending their helping hand to the starving people.
- Many an hour could be whiled away here, eating, drinking, surfing the net, listening to music and chatting up a prospective date.
- After a summer whiled away drinking gin and tonic and reading books, I moved to Pittsburgh for lack of anything better to do.
- Here you will find a number of great wee shops which are perfect for whiling away an afternoon browsing among the treasures.
- I quite like the thought of it being written in a staff room by bored and bearded school teachers, puffing on pipes and whiling away dreary lunch breaks.
- Juniper whiled many a day away in her sitting room, speaking to none, playing absently with the pale rose petals, as soft as the skin of a newborn's cheek.
- It is where the former snooker superstar, cocaine addict, failed car salesman and landscape gardener, now whiles away his hours.
- The 91-year-old from Stockport whiles away her spare time making woolly jumpers - for penguins.
- When not out with Sanura, Kira spent most of her time in her room and whiled the time away by expressing her obsession through her art.
- He infiltrates MI5 and prospers at the heart of the establishment, but in the end he is exposed as a spy and whiles away his final days sick, surrounded by empty gin bottles and memories, answering a young reporter's questions.
- A movie seemed like a top idea, a way of hiding in the darkness of a lounge, whiling away the hours.
- I would have perhaps whiled the time away in such a state had not a scent, borne on the ebony breezes, suddenly caught my attention.
- The English Tea House & Restaurant is a sublime slice of colonial luxury; indeed, most visitors wind up whiling the afternoon away within its convivial surroundings rather than just stopping for lunch.
- In the event, Mara was ousted from his post by the military, and is currently understood to be peacefully whiling his time away on a yacht.
Synonyms pass, spend, occupy, use up, kill, beguile
preposition wʌɪl Northern English Until. 〈北英格兰〉直到 father will be happy while dinner time 一直到晚餐时间，父亲都会很开心。
UsageOn the distinction between worth while and worthwhile, see worthwhile. See also awhile Phrasesworth while (or worth one's while) Worth the time or effort spent. 值得某人花时间（精力等） Example sentencesExamples - You might not agree with everything there, but hopefully you'll find it all provocative, informative, and generally worth your while.
- In doing so, I hope to convince you that running for a Student Government Executive Body position will be worth your while.
- It turns off voters, new voters, or people who have always wanted to vote and have wondered whether it's worth their while.
- It's very complicated and it's not worth their while.
- Read it, bookmark it, return to it; it will be much worth your while.
- It will be worth your while to come and get to know other members where you will get a warm welcome.
- Today, discontent tended to make me think it's all a hollow shell, that perhaps all that effort, all that sacrifice, were not worth my while.
- Prizes will be up for grabs among the entrants so lots of imagination, humour and effort could be well worth your while.
- Then they say it wouldn't be worth their while to continue.
- I promise to work really hard to make it worth your while.
OriginOld English hwīl 'period of time', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijl, German Weile; the conjunction is an abbreviation of Old English thā hwīle the 'the while that'. Rhymesaisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, wile, worthwhile Definition of while in US English: whilenoun(h)waɪl(h)wīl 1A period of time. 一会儿，一段时间 我们聊了一会儿。 she retired a little while ago 她刚退休不久。 Example sentencesExamples - So I sat and flew my tiny little kite for a while and watched the much bigger inflatables and other kites fill the sky above.
- None the less, for a while it became very difficult for writers to present their views artistically.
- I went back and watched TV for a while till Jess wanted to go back to her room.
- After a while, the consensus on how to respond to the examples breaks down and the debate stalls.
- Yet all the while they know where they are and where they are going!
- There were two bastards in the Jones household for a while - but only one of them was truly Jenny's.
- For a while, she watches the merry flames which seem to embody the very spirit of this night.
- It is safe to assume that the word had been around for a while before 1611.
- After a while, a low grumbling in our stomachs indicated it was time to hit the curry house.
- All this while my family was watching from inside the van, and in full view of all those in line.
- A baby is born, then there is a rest for a little while, then the contractions should start again.
- The matter was referred to London and Paris, and for a while tension between the two countries was extreme.
- At this time kidneys were taken a little while after the donor's heart had stopped and death had been pronounced.
- Matron allowed me to come too, for a while, to watch, pirouette around and drink a thimbleful of ginger wine.
- At Ibrox, there is a telly in the ref's room, and I'll maybe watch that for a while.
- He opened his eyes and, having watched her for a while, he asked her what she was doing.
- Taoism may prolong your life for a while, but by means of its teaching one cannot escape death.
- Once you gain the promontory of grandparenthood, these things last for only short whiles, not for 20 straight years like they used to.
- All the while, she watches Brian's face, alert for signs of pain or discomfort.
- We spent a while just watching them eat, scratch, yawn, stretch and go about their business.
Synonyms time, spell, stretch, stint, span, season, interval, period, period of time, length of time, duration, run, phase, stage, term - 1.1a while For some time.
片刻，暂时 我能暂时保留它吗？ Example sentencesExamples - Again the industry cooled its heels a while and then brought back the same plan.
2the whileAt the same time; meanwhile. 同时；与此同时 he starts to draw, talking the while 他开始画画，边画边讲。 - 2.1literary During the time that.
〈诗/文〉在此期间 beseeching him, the while his hand she wrung 她恳求他，并一直紧抓住他的手。
conjunction(h)waɪl(h)wīl 1During the time that; at the same time as. 当…的时候，和…同时 nothing much changed while he was away 他不在的时候，没有什么太大变化。 Example sentencesExamples - They may also accept patients on a temporary basis while they are resident in the practice area.
- The victims were attacked while watching a cricket match between India and Pakistan on television.
- It would not be right to close a chapter about art in the digital era while neglecting the truest offspring of the new media.
- Sousa's creed as a conductor was to entertain his audience while educating them.
- The thing that stayed with me while watching the movie was the sense of dread that something was going to happen.
- Every year a lot of new people are sucked into the media occupations, while at the same time a lot of people leave.
- People have argued that Einstein grew up as a scientist while he was developing the general theory.
- The double receiver means viewers can watch one digital channel while recording another.
- By then, experience had toughened him, while making him more determined than ever to succeed.
- Pliny the Elder lost his life while visiting Vesuvius during an eruption.
- They relate to what people can say or do while participating in a procession or other form of demonstration.
- All of them, like Darwin, had to negotiate ways to work while suffering from ill health.
- This means that they allow the analyst to code text while working at the computer and to retrieve the coded text.
- Now I'm not going to be able to think of anything else but her ears while watching the movie.
- You can watch a previously-recorded show while recording something else, you see.
- The question has been raised whether we were tortured while being investigated.
- Officers parked a decoy car with items left in full view while they watched from an unmarked vehicle nearby.
- Domitia finds the list while he sleeps, and joins others whose names are there in a conspiracy.
- Police have apologised after two brothers were arrested while they were watching a hunt for car thieves.
- Can a tradition be borrowed only in part, while leaving out something fundamental to it?
2Whereas (indicating a contrast) 而，然而（表示对比） one person wants out, while the other wants the relationship to continue 一人想就此了断，而另一人想继续保持这种关系。 Example sentencesExamples - Some contracts offer just protection, while others provide investment links.
- O'Boyle is out of contract in the summer, while Thomas still has two years remaining on his deal.
- Writing by hand continues to be basic to education while at the same time its value has declined in occupational terms.
- Spain is increasing the size of its fishing fleet while ours is contracting.
- Her husband spends his weekends watching football, while she watches soap operas and Sex and the City.
- This indicates that expression of the transgene occurs in tubers while the endogene seems to be silent.
- Black cabbies pay the airport a fee to operate there, while Checker was required to bid for a contract.
- This is not a static and unchangeable world where all whites have the goods while blacks do not.
- He was presented with a watch, while his wife Wendy was presented with a bouquet of flowers.
- Both in fact were non-rhotic, while the majority of Americans speak with rhotic accents.
- Danny Slatter has signed a one-year contract, while Russell Edwards has been released.
- A strange contradiction emerged as the art was praised while those who created it were degraded.
- The main entrance is on the north while another to the south is used by a modern track.
- There is a mistaken belief that it is a straight road, while in fact there is a slight bend.
- It can absorb the individual as a visit to the cinema can, while watching television can't.
- Myrtle, for example, is the emblem of love while sweet lavender denotes a loyal heart.
- The sky was almost black, while the trees and shrubs where all frosty pink.
- All the toes were red while the rest of the foot was white, indicating poor circulation.
- Some sought to contradict him, while others tried, unsuccessfully, to ignore his prying.
- 2.1 In spite of the fact that; although.
虽然，尽管 while I wouldn't recommend a nighttime visit, by day the area is full of interest 虽然我不建议夜间游玩，但是在白天，这个地区很有玩头。 Example sentencesExamples - I have always thought that Edinburgh, while grand in design, was timid in vision.
- But while gay couples may be looking to settle down, some find life in Britain difficult.
- Peter says while the thought of group therapy may seem daunting, there are many benefits from working this way.
- Now, though, while the price of these two has dropped more than two quid, so has the quality.
- Hegel, for example, while not defending war, observed that it was the nursery of the heroic virtues.
- The spray is used to subdue violent offenders and, while painful, does not leave any permanent damage.
- I knew that cat-claws, while wonderful things, cannot get traction on the glass of a mirror.
- The fact remains that, while horses may not die of foot-and-mouth, they do carry the disease.
- The relationship, while exciting and original, had eventually become strained.
- But while one side of the battle is finished, it will not go away.
- So, while online petitions are useless, as everyone says, surely they can do no harm.
- In fact, while the experiment was, of necessity, painful, it was far from worthless.
- Thus while we can start with Waltz, we certainly do not want to stop with him.
- So the thought of flying, while appealing, was not at the top of my list of things to do.
- Walking lines of kids around the Plateau on a long cord, while cute, cannot be the only option.
- In fact, while they are labeled as such, they are not really fantasy stories in the genre sense.
- But while it created room for the diffusion of authority it did not have a place for individualism.
- Such conditions, while toxic to plants and animals, can be quite cozy for archaeans.
Synonyms although, even if, even though, in spite of the fact that, despite the fact that, notwithstanding the fact that, notwithstanding that, for all that, while, whilst, granted that, even supposing, despite the possibility that, albeit, however, yet, but
relative adverb(h)waɪl(h)wīl During which. 在…的时候 the period while the animal remains alive 在动物还活着的时候。 Example sentencesExamples - The result was a lengthy hiatus in the building work while another contractor was sought.
- There were no words confining the cover to a period while actual repairs were taking place.
- It is not just for a relatively short period while physical defects to the property are made good.
- There's a moment's freezing silence while her eyebrows contract like thunder.
verb(h)waɪl(h)wīl [with object]while something awayPass time in a leisurely manner. 消磨时光 a diversion to while away the long afternoons 消磨整个漫长下午的消遣活动。 Example sentencesExamples - When boys of their age were seen whiling away their time playing games and wasting their money on watching movies, it is commendable to see these students lending their helping hand to the starving people.
- Many an hour could be whiled away here, eating, drinking, surfing the net, listening to music and chatting up a prospective date.
- I would have perhaps whiled the time away in such a state had not a scent, borne on the ebony breezes, suddenly caught my attention.
- Juniper whiled many a day away in her sitting room, speaking to none, playing absently with the pale rose petals, as soft as the skin of a newborn's cheek.
- When not out with Sanura, Kira spent most of her time in her room and whiled the time away by expressing her obsession through her art.
- In the event, Mara was ousted from his post by the military, and is currently understood to be peacefully whiling his time away on a yacht.
- Here you will find a number of great wee shops which are perfect for whiling away an afternoon browsing among the treasures.
- I quite like the thought of it being written in a staff room by bored and bearded school teachers, puffing on pipes and whiling away dreary lunch breaks.
- The 91-year-old from Stockport whiles away her spare time making woolly jumpers - for penguins.
- A movie seemed like a top idea, a way of hiding in the darkness of a lounge, whiling away the hours.
- He infiltrates MI5 and prospers at the heart of the establishment, but in the end he is exposed as a spy and whiles away his final days sick, surrounded by empty gin bottles and memories, answering a young reporter's questions.
- Anyhow, it's a scorcher of an afternoon, perfect for whiling away a couple of hours in the sunshine.
- After a summer whiled away drinking gin and tonic and reading books, I moved to Pittsburgh for lack of anything better to do.
- The English Tea House & Restaurant is a sublime slice of colonial luxury; indeed, most visitors wind up whiling the afternoon away within its convivial surroundings rather than just stopping for lunch.
- But for today's child, vacation no longer means whiling away the time in front of the television, pestering the mother or keeping grandparents on tenterhooks for the most part of the day.
- These are the best places for whiling away lazy afternoons in amusing, light-hearted conversations with the often-quirky fellow hostel mates.
- It is where the former snooker superstar, cocaine addict, failed car salesman and landscape gardener, now whiles away his hours.
- People sat under parasols outside the cafes, whiling the day away.
- When not in school, the troupe whiles away its time at Arnold's, the local drive-in diner.
Synonyms pass, spend, occupy, use up, kill, beguile
OriginOld English hwīl ‘period of time’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijl, German Weile; the conjunction is an abbreviation of Old English thā hwīle the ‘the while that’. |