while的中文意

• 0 during the time that, or at the same time as

  • I read it while you were drying your hair. 在你吹亁頭髮的時候，我讀了它。

  • While I was in Italy I went to see Alessandro. 在義大利的時候，我去看望了亞歷山德羅。

  • I thought I heard him come in while we were having dinner. 我想在我們吃飯的時候，我聽見他進來了。

  • "I'm going to the post office." "While you're there can you get me some stamps?" 「我要去郵局。」「你去的時候幫我買些郵票好嗎？」

• 1 despite the fact that; although

  • While I accept that he's not perfect in many respects, I do actually like the man. 雖然我承認他在很多方面不是那麼完美，但我實際上還是非常喜歡這個男人。

  • While I fully understand your point of view, I also have some sympathy with Michael's. 儘管我能完全理解你的觀點，但我在一定程度上也贊同麥克的觀點。

• 2 compared with the fact that; but

  • He gets £50,000 a year while I get a meagre £20,000! 他每年賺五萬英鎊，而我只有可憐的兩萬！

  • Tom is very extrovert and confident while Katy's shy and quiet. 湯姆性格外向，非常自信，而凱蒂卻羞澀文靜。

  • I do all the housework while he just does the dishes now and again. 樣樣家務我都要做，而他卻只是偶爾洗洗碗而已。

• 3 a length of time

  • I only stayed for a short while. 我就逗留了一小會。

  • You were there quite a while (= a long time), weren't you? 你在那裡留了很長時間，是不是？

  • "When did that happen?" "Oh, it was a while ago (= a long time ago). 「那是甚麼時候發生的？」「噢，是很久之前了。」

  • I haven't seen him for a while (= for a long time). 我已經很久沒見到他了。

  • I'll be fine in a while (= soon). 我很快就會好的。