meanwhile 详细解释

meanwhile

['mi:n'wail]

adv.其间, 同时
n.与此同时

n.

其时, 其间[the S]

In the meanwhile I'll visit an old friend of mine.

在这期间我将去拜访我的一位老朋友。

ad.

其间; 同时

Mother went shopping; meanwhile, I cleaned the house.

母亲去买东西; 我打扫屋子。

词义辨析

同义参见:

meantime  

英英释义

名词 meanwhile:

the time between one event, process, or period and another

同义词：interim, meantime, lag

副词 meanwhile:

at the same time but in another place

during the intervening time

同义词：meantime, in the meantime

补充

meanwhilemeanwhile英:[ˈmi:nˌ hwail] 美:[ˈminˌhwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl]adv.1.同时; 其间I continued working, meanwhile, he went out shopping.我继续工作, 这期间他出去买东西。n.1.其时, 其间

例句

1. Don't worry; I'll be ready to greet them. meanwhile I'm off to discuss tonight's party with Felix.不用担心, 我会准备好迎接他们的。其间我要去和费利克斯商量一下今晚聚会的事。 2. I can very easily explain my dealings with them.—I am sure you can, sir. But in the meanwhile I must ask you to come with me.我和他们之间的交易几句话就能说清楚。——先生, 这我相信。不过, 我还得请您跟我走一趟。 3. Bake the aubergines till soft. meanwhile, heat some oil in a heavy pan.把茄子烤软。同时在大平底锅中把油加热。 4. Kate turned to beckon Peter across from the car, but Bill waved him back, meanwhile pushing Kate inside.凯特转身向彼得示意从车那边过来, 但比尔却挥手让他回去, 同时把凯特推进车内。 5. He had always found his wife's mother a bit annoying. The mother-daughter relationship, meanwhile, was close.他总是觉得他的丈母娘有点烦人。然而她们母女却很亲近。 6. meanwhile, I will give you a prescription for some pills.同时我也会给你开一些药丸。 7. steam for a further five minutes; meanwhile, make a white sauce.继续蒸5分钟；与此同时，做一点白汁沙司。 8. he has said little, meanwhile, about how he plans to live his life.另一方面，谈到他打算如何生活的问题时，他说得很少。 9. Peter was at home studying. Omar, meanwhile, was out with his friends.彼得在家学习，而奥马尔与朋友出去了。 10. "You can set the table. meanwhile, I'll start making dinner."你可以摆放餐具了。我这就开始做饭。 11. "She spent four years studying for her law degree. meanwhile, she continued to work at the bank."她花了四年时间攻读法律学位。与此同时，她继续在银行工作。 12. "He can come back to work when he's feeling better, but meanwhile he should be resting as much as possible."他感觉好一些时就可以回来工作，但在此期间他应该尽量多休息。 13. "The new computers won't arrive until next week, but we can keep using the old ones in the meanwhile."新计算机下星期才到，但在此期间我们可以继续使用旧计算机。

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