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meantime    音标拼音: [m'int,ɑɪm]
n. 此际,其时
ad. 其间

此际,其时其间

meantime
adv 1: during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think
about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his
other interests"; "in the meantime the police were
notified" [synonym: {meanwhile}, {meantime}, {in the
meantime}]
n 1: the time between one event, process, or period and another;
"meanwhile the socialists are running the government" [synonym:
{interim}, {meantime}, {meanwhile}, {lag}]

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  • Whats the meaning of mean in in the mean time?
    The mean in meantime and meanwhile does, as you suspect, come from the same root as the word meaning mathematical average The original meaning of this mean is middle, and, with respect to meantime, it branches off to meaning intermediate and then further off to mean 1: Intermediate in time; coming or occurring between two points of time or two events; intervening The mathematical meaning also
  • For the time being vs. in the meantime
    in the meantime the period of time between two things; the period of time between now and when something is supposed to happen -- Free Dictionary for the time being if you describe how a situation will be for the time being, you mean it will be like that for a period of time, but may change in the future -- Free Dictionary I believe that they are essentially interchangeable
  • Difference: Meanwhile vs meantime - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The dictionary will tell you that they are synonymous; I will tell you that "meanwhile" is more common than "meantime", unless you say "in the meantime" I would use "meanwhile", but "in the meantime" is a close second, with "meantime" dead last, in my opinion
  • Using meantime as an adjective - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Since 'meantime' is listed as a noun (AHD, Collins etc), if Gagne is correct (and 'noun modifiers' are certainly extremely common), then this usage is 'licensed' I'd say this wouldn't convert it to an adjective And I wouldn't use it myself
  • The correct syntax for I We remain at the end of the letter
    Use “we remain” in a participial closing ¹ It provides the object (we) of the preceding participial phrase Here is an example of correct usage I have added a sample participial phrase, and removed the comma after “remain” Letter text Hoping this banal participial closing causes no offense, we remain Sincerely yours, Mr Person Head of Accounting All authorities advise against the
  • word usage - Can you start a question using Meanwhile? - English . . .
    You can start a sentence with meanwhile but what you can't do is to start a conversation with it as it needs a previously established time frame to make any sense For example if an author started a chapter with "Meanwhile back at headquarters " there would have to be a previous chapter, or at least a prologue, which described what was happening out in the field A Surrealist or comic author
  • Term for someone who does more for strangers than family for friends
    Has anyone heard a word "philoxenia" or "xenophilia"? I consider anyone who shows love and hospitality to strangers to be a less-biased person, an opposite of someone who's "xenophobic" But in the meantime, I worry if such "philoxenic" person is viewed by his family as "familiaphobic"!
  • grammaticality - Usage of the word interimly - English Language . . .
    It is also possibel to use ad interim (OED: 'for an intervening or temporary period of time; in the meantime') and per interim (OED: 'for the meantime; during the intervening time Now rare'), as tchrist mentioned Sample usage (from OED): There should be, at least ad interim, a special military status for the territories
  • meaning - Why does tropical mean figurative? - English Language . . .
    Showing that the word can be used figuratively does not mean the word means figurative Used figuratively, maybe it suggests colorful or exotic, that's all
  • What is gallows flesh? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    He finds that his older brothers, who have been carousing and living sinfully in the meantime, are to be hanged (on the gallows) and buys their liberty They find out what he has done





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