while n.时间; 一段时间, 一会儿Wait a while. 等一会儿。It took a long while to do the work. 做这个工作花了许多时间。What have you been doing all this while? 这一阵子你一直在做什么?习惯用语a good [long, great] while 长[许]久a little while 不久, 一会儿a while ago 方才, 刚才after a while不久, 过一会儿all the while 始终, 一直at whiles 有时, 时常between whiles 间或, 时或every little while (=at whiles) 有时, 时常for a [one] while 暂时in a little while 不久, 没一会儿make it worth sb.'s while 酬谢某人, 贿赂某人the while [whilst] (与此)同时, 在此期间while you are about it [口]顺便, 在你做这个的同时worth (one's) while 值得的; 值得花费时间, 值得一干; 有益的