词语辨析:meantime与meanwhile的区别

　　词语辨析:meantime与meanwhile的区别

 

　　从理论上说，两者都可用作名词或副词。表示“其间”、“与此同时”，以下四种表达均可以且可互换：meantime,meanwhile,in the meantime,in the meanwhile。如：

　　他去伦敦一个星期，在此期间她继续工作。

　　正：He was in London for a week,and meantime[meanwhile]she went on with the work.

　　正：He was in London for a week,and in the meantime[in the mean-while]she went on with the work.

　　但在现代英语中用得较多的是in the meantime和meanwhile。

　　I will call you Sunday,but in the meantime say nothing.我星期天给你打电话，但在此期间你什么也不要说。

　　The train won’t leave for an hour.Meanwhile we can have lunch.火车还有一个小时才开，其间我们可以吃中饭。