Let's take a minute to look at some of the many meaningsnoun.意义 "while" can have. As a conjunctionnoun.接合, "while" can mean "at the same time as." "While we were sleeping, it snowedverb.下雪." We can swapverb.交换 the two clausesnoun.子句 aroundadv.在周围, but noticeverb.注意 the commanoun.逗号 goes away. "It snowedverb.下雪 while we were sleeping." "While" can have the same meaningnoun.意义 as "but." "One of the twinsnoun.双胞胎中一人 is shyadj.羞怯的 while the other is outgoingadj.对人友好的." And "while" or "whilest" in moreadv.更 formaladj.正式的 contextsnoun.环境 can also be used in the same way as "although."
"While I know that sugar is bad for me, I can never say no to dessert." As a nounnoun.名词, "while" can mean "a lengthnoun.长度 of time" and in the expressionnoun.表现 "worthadj.值…的 your while" it can mean "worthadj.值…的 the time and effortnoun.努力 used." So finallyadv.最后, evenadv.甚至 though we only had a short while together, we hopeverb.希望 this lesson was worthadj.值…的 your while.
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