求mean while的用法，相当于哪个词？用在句中还是开头？有例句最好。谢谢

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Answer 1

meanwhile如果后面加动词用什么形式是要看具体的句子的.ing,do动词都对.
meanwhile用法
meanwhile
n.其间,其时
adv.
其间
meanwhile
mean.while
（名词）
The intervening time.
间隔时间
adv.（副词）
During or in the intervening time:
在间隔时间内：
Meanwhile,life goes on.
在此期间,生命不息
At the same time:
同时：
The court is deliberating; meanwhile,we must be patient.See Usage Note at meantime
法庭正在审议；这段时间内,我们必须要小心参见 meantime
meanwhile

adv.
此时
Meanwhile,they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
从眼前来说,他们对我们中间有些游不到5码便急着想换气的人来说,总该是个鼓励吧.
They'll be here soon.Meanwhile we'll have some coffee.
他们即刻就到,我们现在先喝点咖啡.
同时
Meanwhile,my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
与此同时,我的舌头忙于寻找被拔牙齿的伤口.
Meanwhile,two other actors had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.
与此同时,另外两位演员把两个盛着食物的大篮子拿到树下荫凉的地方.
Jane was writing a letter and meanwhile Pat was watching T.V..
简在写信,而在此同时帕特在看电视.

Answer 2

查词典可知，该词在英语中是副词（adv.），有两个意思：1）in the time between two events期间；2）during the same period of time同时。在《牛津高级英汉双解词典》（第4版第918页）所举的两个例子中，meanwhile所在的句子是用句号与前句分开的：1）She is due to arrive on Monday. Meanwhile, what do we do? 2）I went to college. Meanwhile, all my friends got well-paid jobs. 在《朗文当代高级英语辞典》（最新版第941页）所举的两个例子中，一个是用句号分开的：They’ll be here soon. Meanwhile, let’s have coffee. 另一个例子中，meanwhile虽然是用逗号与前句隔开的，但meanwhile与其所在的句子之间没有用逗号隔开，而是连成一体：Eve was cutting the grass, (and) meanwhile Adam was planting roses. 为了弄清meanwhile的用法，笔者又查阅了相关的语法书。据张道真《实用英语语法》（最新版第417页） [2]，meanwhile属于“使与上文连接更紧的副词”，该书所举的例子中，meanwhile所在句子与前句是用分号隔开的：Jack ran for a doctor; meanwhile we stayed with the patient. L. G. 亚历山大编著的《朗文英语语法》 [3]把meanwhile归于“连接副词和短语”，并指出：“连接副词可以出现在句首，在口语中后接一个停顿，在书面上则后接一个逗号。”（第258页）换言之，其前应用句号与另一句隔开。本回答被提问者采纳