all the while
英语
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副词
编辑- (俗语) 与此同时 (常指较长的时间)
- 近义词:the while
- 1889, Leslie Stephen, Dictionary of National Biography,第 82 页:
- The good fortune which attended him throughout life may have been partly owing to this cause as well as to his undoubted valour, for though he never lost a battle, nothing is more astounding than his imprudence and the easy confidence with which he trusted Somerset, Warwick, Montague, and others, all the while they were betraying him.
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- 1891, Plutarchus, Plutarch's Lives,第 8 页:
- Sulla, encamped near Scipio, and amusing him with caresses under pretence of an approaching peace, was all the while corrupting his troops.
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- 1986, Michael Dibdin, A Rich Full Death,第 60 页:
- And all with that vital piece of evidence burning a hole in his pocket the while!
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- 1991, Anne Rice, The Witching Hour,第 281 页:
- All the while, my intention was to amuse her, and divert her out of her hellish thoughts, and show to her the wide world of which she could now be a part.
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编辑通常用来暗示这一时间段背后隐瞒的事。