meanwhile

英 ['miːnwaɪl] 美 ['miːnwaɪl]

• adv. 其间；同时

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 其间,同时

   in the time between two events; at the same time

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 其间，其时
2. 同时，与此同时
3. 对比之下
4. 在间隔时间里
5. 当时

n. 名词

1. 其时，其间
2. 间隔时间

英英释义

Noun:

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another;

   "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
   

Adverb:

1. at the same time but in another place;

   "meanwhile, back at the ranch..."
   

2. 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"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Father was cutting the grass, and meanwhile mother was planting roses.
   父亲在剪草,母亲在种玫瑰。
2. Meanwhile, my debts were mounting up.
   同时，我的债务还在不断增加。
3. Meanwhile they set aside part of their funds for the motorized boats.
   与此同时,他们拨出一部分资金购买机动帆船。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

1. She's due to arrive on Thursday. Meanwhile, what do we do?
   她预定星期四到达,这期间我们做什么呢?
2. I went to college. Meanwhile, all my friends got well-paid jobs.
   我上大学去了,那时,我的朋友都找到了收入不错的工作。
3. They'll be here soon. Meanwhile, let's have some coffee.
   他们很快就到这里,我们趁此喝点咖啡吧。
4. Eve was cutting the grass, meanwhile Adam was playing roses.
   夏娃在剪草,亚当在种玫瑰。

经典引文

• In the meanwhile, the Government is effectively admitting that state spending is out of control.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

词汇搭配

• in the meanwhile 同时

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. meanwhile的基本意思是“其间,与此同时”,指在一件事情发生的过程中或者一段时间内另一件事也在发生。
2. meanwhile用作副词时，也可拼作meantime,为非正式英语。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自该语的mean （中，中间的） + while （一段时间），意为在同一段时间中。

近反义词

【近义词】

• meantime 与此同时
• in the meantime 与此同时
• in the interim 在其间
• for now 目前
• for the time being 暂时，目前，眼下...
• temporarily 暂时地
• for the moment 暂时
• lag 落后
• interim 暂时的