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meantime adv.与此同时n.同时；其间 (1) 今年春天,用户可以使用新的软件。与此同时,用户如有问题可致电我们的热线服务。(2) 我喜欢滑雪，同时也知道这非常危险。(3) 你去买水果，同时我来做早餐。(4) 我的意思是其间在海洋上他用了卑鄙手法。(5) 其间，我们特意在一月廿八日回返新加坡出席母会希伯仑笃信圣经长老会为我们举办的差遣礼。 You'll most often see the word meantime in the phrase "in the meantime," and it can be used in a similar way to meanwhile. You could say, "I have to go to the store soon. In the meantime, I'm playing with the dog." This word has been around since the fourteenth century, although it was originally two separate words, mean time. Its root is the word mean, which means "middle or intermediate."

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英 ['miːntaɪm] 美 ['miːntaɪm] (1) The new software will be available in the spring. Meantime, users with problems can call our helpline.(2) I like skiing and in the meantime, I know it is very dangerous.(3) You buy the fruits, in the meantime I'll cook breakfast.(4) I mean he used mean means in the meantime on the ocean.(5) In the meantime, we returned to Singapore just for a few days to attend the commissioning service organized by our home church Hebron BP. The meantime is the time between two events. You might be waiting for the second half of a soccer game to begin, and in the meantime call your best friend to tell her the score. 1[PHRASE 短语]在此期间；其间 In the meantime or meantime means in the period of time between two events.   [PHR with cl]Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult, but in the meantime she relies on your support...你的孩子最终将长大成人，完全独立，离开家过自己的生活，不过在此期间她会靠你帮助。It now hopes to hold elections in February. Meantime, the state will continue to be run from Delhi.现在有望在2月进行选举。在此期间，该邦继续由德里政府管理。2[PHRASE 短语]目前；眼下；暂时 For the meantime means for a period of time from now until something else happens.   [PHR with cl]The Prime Minister has, for the meantime, seen off the challenge of the opposition...首相目前已经经受住了反对派的挑战。For the meantime, the opinion polls have to be taken on trust.眼下必须相信民意调查。

英语单词	meantime
英美音标	英 ['miːntaɪm] 美 ['miːntaɪm]
中文释义	adv.与此同时 n.同时；其间
英语例句	(1) The new software will be available in the spring. Meantime, users with problems can call our helpline. (2) I like skiing and in the meantime, I know it is very dangerous. (3) You buy the fruits, in the meantime I'll cook breakfast. (4) I mean he used mean means in the meantime on the ocean. (5) In the meantime, we returned to Singapore just for a few days to attend the commissioning service organized by our home church Hebron BP.
中文例句	(1) 今年春天,用户可以使用新的软件。与此同时,用户如有问题可致电我们的热线服务。 (2) 我喜欢滑雪，同时也知道这非常危险。 (3) 你去买水果，同时我来做早餐。 (4) 我的意思是其间在海洋上他用了卑鄙手法。 (5) 其间，我们特意在一月廿八日回返新加坡出席母会希伯仑笃信圣经长老会为我们举办的差遣礼。
vocabulary简明	The meantime is the time between two events. You might be waiting for the second half of a soccer game to begin, and in the meantime call your best friend to tell her the score.
vocabulary扩展	You'll most often see the word meantime in the phrase "in the meantime," and it can be used in a similar way to meanwhile. You could say, "I have to go to the store soon. In the meantime, I'm playing with the dog." This word has been around since the fourteenth century, although it was originally two separate words, mean time. Its root is the word mean, which means "middle or intermediate."
柯林斯解释	1 [PHRASE 短语]在此期间；其间 In the meantime or meantime means in the period of time between two events. [PHR with cl] Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult, but in the meantime she relies on your support... 你的孩子最终将长大成人，完全独立，离开家过自己的生活，不过在此期间她会靠你帮助。 It now hopes to hold elections in February. Meantime, the state will continue to be run from Delhi. 现在有望在2月进行选举。在此期间，该邦继续由德里政府管理。 2 [PHRASE 短语]目前；眼下；暂时 For the meantime means for a period of time from now until something else happens. [PHR with cl] The Prime Minister has, for the meantime, seen off the challenge of the opposition... 首相目前已经经受住了反对派的挑战。 For the meantime, the opinion polls have to be taken on trust. 眼下必须相信民意调查。

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