| 单词 | meantime |
| 释义 | meantime From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmeantimemean‧time /ˈmiːntaɪm/ ●●○ adverb1 DURING (also in the meantime) in the period of time between now and a future event, or between two events in the past SYN meanwhileThe doctor will be here soon. In the meantime, try and relax.I didn’t see her for another five years, and in the meantime she had got married and had a couple of kids.2 → for the meantimeExamples from the Corpusmeantime• But, meantime, get it open in front of you.• Henderson, meantime, has adjusted well to the National League.• Faulk and other would-be seniors, meantime, have enjoyed fine rookie seasons.• More exhibits would appear in due course; meantime he did whatever jobs came his way.• Overall loan demand, meantime, remained stable.• But meantime the story is rich in symbolic significance for the travails of our age. |
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