/waɪl; US hwaɪl ||; hwaɪl/(
formal 正式
whilst /waɪlst;
US hwaɪlst
||; hwaɪlst/)
conj 1 during the time that; when 在…的时候;当…的时候: He always phones while we're having lunch. 他总是在我们吃午饭时打电话来。
2 at the same time as 在同一个时候;与…同时: He always listens to the radio while he's driving to work. 他总是一边开车去上班,一边听收音机。
3 (formal 正式) used when you are contrasting two ideas (用于对比): Some countries are rich, while others are extremely poor. 有些国家富裕,有些则极为贫困。 [SYN] whereas 同义词为whereas