while

while
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/wáil， ((米＋)) hwáil， hwái（j）əl/ 〔「休息（時間）」が原義〕（同音wile）
〖名〗〖U〗 ［通例a ～］ （通例短い）時間， 間

It might take a ～． しばらくかかります《◆「あとどれくらいかかりそうか」と聞かれた時の返事； 所要時間がはっきりしない時に用いる》

after a ～ しばらくして

（quite） a long ～ （かなり）長い間

once in a great ［long］ ～ ごくまれに

He will be back in a little ［short］ ～． 彼はまもなくもどって来ます

I will stay here for a ～． しばらくここに滞在します

What have you been doing all this ～？ 今までずっと何をしていたのですか．

▼ after while （， crocodile）
((略式))じゃ， またね《◆crocodileは， See you later， alligator． の返事としてAfter while． が用いられるとき， 言葉遊び的に添えられる》．
▼ * all the while ＝
▼ the whole while
［副］ その間じゅう

She stayed at home all the ～． 彼女はその間ずっと家にいた．

▼ once in a while
⇒ once ．
〖接〗
1 ［期間・時点］ …している間に， …の間じゅう； …と同時に《◆(1) しばしば節中の動詞は進行形をとる． (2) 対応する前置詞はduring》

He came ～ I was out． 私が外出中に彼がやって来た

I stayed inside ～ it was raining． 雨が降っている間， 中にいた

W～ （she was） in Japan she bought the camera． 彼女は日本にいた時にそのカメラを買った《◆while節の主語と主節の主語が同じ場合， 主に((正式))ではwhile節の主語とbe動詞は省略できる》．

2
a ［譲歩］［while節は主節の前］ …だけれども， …なのに（although）

W～ I like ［W～ liking］ the shape of the bag（）， I don't like its color． そのバッグの形は気に入っているのだが色が好きでない．

b ［対照］［while節は主節の後］だが一方（but， whereas）《◆この用法は避けるべきだという人もいる》

He was sick of watching Communist Party officials get rich ～ （at the same time） the people suffered． 共産党の役人たちが金持になる一方（同時に）国民が苦しんでいるのを目の当りにするのに彼はうんざりしていた

I've read fifty pages， ～ he's read only twenty． 私は50ページ読んだ． ところが彼は20ページしか読んでいない《◆このように主節の後に置くと対照の意味合いが薄れてandに近くなる： John likes music， Susie likes math， ～ Tom likes history． ジョンは音楽が好き， スージーは数学が， トムは歴史が好きだ》．

3 その上（furthermore）

The floor was littered with crumbs， ～ the desk was strewn with books． 床にはパンくずが散らばっていた． その上， 机には本が散乱していた．

〖動〗|他|〈時・日など〉をのんびりと過す（＋a way）

I ～d away many afternoons swimming and fishing． 何日も泳ぎや釣りでのんびりと午後を過した．


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