| 釋義 |
whilen. 1. time時(shí)間。 △Ado.4.1.258 (255):“Lady Beatrice,have you wept all this while?” 貝特麗絲小姐,你一直在哭嗎? 2. a short space of time 一會(huì)兒。 △Ado.4.1.259(256):“Yea,and I will weep a while longer.”不錯(cuò),我還要再哭一會(huì)兒。 3. occasion時(shí)刻,時(shí)機(jī)。 △Mer.2.1. 31:“But alas thewhile!”i.e.alas for this occasion. 可是,這一次,唉! Phrase: the while: ?the present time,the present age,now現(xiàn)在這個(gè)時(shí)候,當(dāng)代,現(xiàn)在。 △1H.IV.2.4.146 (130):“There lives not three good men unhanged in Eng-land,and one of them is fat and grows old,God helpthe while!” (good men: brave highwaymen inFalstaff's view.)在英國,沒有被絞死的好漢剩下的還不到三個(gè),其中的一個(gè)還是個(gè)胖子,而且也老了,上帝拯救這個(gè)時(shí)代吧! △R.III.2.3.8:“Ay,sir,it is too true,God help thewhile!”哎,先生,太確實(shí)了,上帝保佑我們這個(gè)時(shí)代吧! ?at the present time or age在現(xiàn)在這個(gè)時(shí)候,在當(dāng)代。 △R.III.3.6.10:“Here's a good world the while!”現(xiàn)如今真是一個(gè)好世道! ?meanwhile同時(shí)。 △As.2.5.31: “coverthe while;”趁這工夫把餐桌擺好吧。
whileprep. until,till直到…為止。 △Mac.3.1.44 (43):“while then,God be with you!”于再會(huì)之前,愿上帝和你們同在!
whileconj. 1. as long as長達(dá)…之久,只要。 △3H.VI.1.1.172:“Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs,/ And thou shalt reign in quiet while thou livest.”只要你答應(yīng)肯定把王位傳給我和我的后人,你就可以終生在位,安享太平。 2. until直到。 △3H.VI.3.3. 38: “Renowned queen,with patience calm the storm,/ While we bethink ameans to break it off.”名聲昭著的王后,請耐心一點(diǎn),把你的激烈風(fēng)暴平息下來,等我想一個(gè)辦法把這種局面結(jié)束。 Phrases: while as: while 同時(shí)。 △2H.VI.1.1.226 (225):“While as the silly owner of the goods/Weeps overthem,”而同時(shí)那可憐的物主只能為它們而哭泣。 while that: while同時(shí)。 △H.V.5.2.46:“while thatthe coulter rusts/That should deracinate such savage-ry;”同時(shí)本該鏟除這些野生雜草的犁鏵卻生了銹。 “while the grass grows”: an old saying,“While thegrass grows,the steed starves.”古語:“等到草長足,馬兒變枯骨?!?br/>△Ham.3.2.365 (343): “Ay,sir,but ‘whilethe grass grows’—the proverb is something musty.”i.e.while I am waiting for the succession to the throne,I may die. 是的,先生,但是“等到草長足,馬兒變枯骨”,這句老話已經(jīng)有些陳腐了。 while[(h)wail]n.一會(huì)兒 conj.當(dāng)…時(shí) ◇ all the while 一直,始終 at whereas 有時(shí) between whiles 時(shí)時(shí) for a while=in a while一會(huì)兒 once in a while 偶爾 the while 當(dāng)時(shí) while sth. away 逍遙自在 |