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- the intervening time间歇, 期间, 过渡时期：
in the interim I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
在此期间我将只能祈求好运。
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- （一般作Interims）chiefly Brit. an interim dividend, profit, result, etc.〈主英〉 中期股利; 中期利润; 阶段性成果。
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- in or for the intervening period; provisional or temporary期间的, 过渡时期的; 阶段性的, 暂时的, 暂定的：
an interim arrangement.
临时安排。
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- chiefly Brit. relating to less than a full year's business activity〈主英〉（指不足一年的商业活动期）中期的：
an interim dividend
中期红利
interim profit.
中期利润。
- archaic meanwhile〈古〉同时。
词源
mid 16th cent. （denoting a temporary or provisional arrangement， originally for the adjustment of religious differences between the German Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church）： from Latin， 'meanwhile'.