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 awhile [ə'hwaɪl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
ad. 片刻, 一会儿

  1. Please stay awhile.
    请逗留片刻。
  2. Tarry awhile at this charming country inn.
    在这个可爱的乡村小酒馆里呆一会儿吧.
  3. Pretty woman, stop awhile.
    漂亮的女人,不要一旁.


awhile
[ adv ]
for a short time
<adv.all>
sit down and stay awhilethey settled awhile in Virginia before moving West
the baby was quiet for a while


Awhile \A*while"\, adv. [Adj. a + while time, interval.]
For a while; for some time; for a short time.

  1. "Everybody's disappointed by the (budget pact failure) but in the end I think people have decided not to let it bother them for awhile," said Dudley Eppel, a strategist with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.
  2. After awhile, the films become predictable and the men begin to nod off in the darkened room as animals die on screen.
  3. Digital audio tape may be the next generation of music technology, but some observers say it could take awhile to catch on in the United States in spite of the removal of a political obstacle.
  4. Once Mr. Haacke sinks his teeth into a target, he gnaws on it awhile, so it isn't surprising that he has made a new Saatchi piece.
  5. Although Iraqi officials at first believed the human shields would deter U.S. military attacks "they learned after awhile, it wouldn't.
  6. Gorbachev walked to the foot of the casket, and stood for awhile in silence.
  7. "It's been awhile _ I ain't had no money," Shears said.
  8. Tongue-Tried We're going to suffer quite awhile With "arguably," I fear; And "decimate," I'm sad to state, Grates constantly on the ear.
  9. If Mr. Bush wants to pull up and wait awhile before offering guidance on the war's end game, we will defer to his proven leadership.
  10. "I am going to go back home, I guess, sit for awhile and think about what I am going to say," the governor said.
  11. But Mainichi said Uno also said: "I will not resign for awhile whatever happens." Uno told a group of legislators and businessmen attending a trade meeting Wednesday that he would attend the Paris summit of major industrial powers.
  12. "We must create a program so we don't run the risk of a different secretary or a different administration deciding that we can let this go for awhile," he said.
  13. While Mr. De Benedetti has opened a gate through which others can pass, hostile takeovers in Europe are likely to remain modest by U.S. standards for awhile.
  14. After awhile I found myself thirsting for any information at all: Why don't Port and Kit have jobs?
  15. "The stringer then tracked Riedel down, but it took him awhile to get in touch with him," Simon said.
  16. While the letters themselves are unremarkable, Mr. Mitchell's voluminous footnotes offer a fascinating commentary that after awhile takes on a life of its own.
  17. For awhile she and Bush were seemingly alone in their suspicions of Gorbachev's unilateral cutbacks in troops and arms in Europe, and appeared uncertain how to respond.
  18. Some industry officials speculated that Amoco was caught in the cross fire between various rulers in the UAE, and that it may be awhile before Amoco receives its award.
  19. Few are expected to quickly return, even if things quiet down for awhile.
  20. "I think that it's going to take awhile for the company to get their production back up to speed as they'd like it," said Tom Baker, president of District Lodge 751 of the Machinists union.
  21. "An Iranian F-4 (a U.S.-made Phantom fighter) would take off from Bandar Abbas and right behind it is a commercial aircraft," Zeller said Sunday. "They would both take roughly the same route for awhile.
  22. Mr Yeltsin must seek to explain that way to his bemused friends, and hope they stick with him on the rocky road yet awhile.
  23. "The check is going to be mailed to his mother in Illinois, since Mr. Wilson doesn't know what his home address is going to be for awhile," Pool said.
  24. "The company has been lagging for awhile."
  25. Cuomo said he had talked Wednesday with Paul Brountas, who is leading the effort to find a running mate for Dukakis, about the vice presidential selection process and came away with the impression that it would take awhile.
  26. Taxes should be slashed, the party said, to leave Swedes enough extra cash to dine out once in awhile.
  27. Nevertheless, Mr. McNealy contends that "it'll be awhile before we collide" with personal computer manufacturers in the market.
  28. "It might be better for a ballclub to win close ones, but we managers appreciate winning a blowout once in awhile," he said.
  29. "The indication was that he just wanted to fly around for awhile," Boulware said.
  30. You'd think the sand blast Bob Tway holed to win the PGA title last August would hold up for awhile, but it didn't last a year.
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