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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 时而
[shí'ér]
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1.
副
表示动作或情况不定时地重复发生
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窗外时而传来小贩的吆喝声。
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2.
副
前后连用,表示不同现象或事情在一定时间内交替发生或不断改变
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他们时而爬上陡坡,时而跨过小溪
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Examples
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这天气变化无常,时而晴天,时而下雨!
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What changeable weather, fine one moment, raining the next!
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他时而搁笔沉思,时而运笔如飞。
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Now he was lost in thought, his pen laid down; now he was wielding the pen with rapid, vigorous strokes.
→ 运笔
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他精神失常了,时而大哭,时而大笑。
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He's psychologically unbalanced – one moment he's in floods of tears, the next he's laughing uncontrollably.
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小姑娘时而顽皮,时而娇痴。
→ 娇痴
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时而移步换景,时而驻足观瞻
→ 观瞻
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他们时而爬上陡坡,时而跨过小溪
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天上时而飘过几片薄薄的白云。
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Every now and then fleecy clouds floated across the sky.
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电脑时而出故障。
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The computer sometimes plays up.
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窗外时而传来小贩的吆喝声。
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now and again
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时而
→ again
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