Meanwhile
['miːnwaɪl] or ['minwaɪl]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) during the intervening time; 'meanwhile I will not think about the problem'; 'meantime he was attentive to his other interests'; 'in the meantime the police were notified'.
(adv.) at the same time but in another place; 'meanwhile, back at the ranch...'.
編輯:兰尼--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).
(adv.) In the intervening time; during the interval.
編輯:洛娜
同義詞及近義詞：
ad. In the mean time, in the interim.
編輯:西尔维亚
例句/造句/用法:
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Mr. Collins, meanwhile, was meditating in solitude on what had passed. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- In the meanwhile let it be fully understood that I shall not neglect bringing the grindstone to bear, nor yet bringing Dusty Boffin's nose to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Well,' said Mr. Pickwick, as Sam and his companion drew nigh, 'you will see how your health becomes, and think about it meanwhile. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Meanwhile, Rose was rapidly recovering. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Meanwhile the great world outside went on to wider visions and new powers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Osborne meanwhile, wild with elation, went off to a play-table, and began to bet frantically. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The little visitor meanwhile was as unhappy as possible. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Blathers and Duff looked very knowing meanwhile, and occasionally exchanged a nod. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- May I ask, in the meanwhile, whether you have yourself any theory to account for this young man's disappearance? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Meanwhile Jos and Isidor went off to the stables to inspect the newly purchased cattle. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The stranger, meanwhile, had been eating, drinking, and talking, without cessation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In the meanwhile I must beg you to keep your own counsel, and I will keep mine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Meanwhile the last moments of the performance seemed to gain an added brightness from the hovering threat of the curtain. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Fairway had meanwhile concluded a critical gaze at Yeobright. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
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