when (or while) the cat's away, the mice will play
- people will naturally take advantage of the absence of someone in authority to do as they like
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- 更多解釋
- people will naturally take advantage of the absence of someone in authority to do as they like
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while和when的用法
When 和 While 當連接詞，各自都有不少用法，例子如下列所示...當…時：During the time at which; while: (和While 相通) 1. When I was young, I was sick...
while & when 2句子疑問
如果把when解釋成 "當", 而把while解釋成 "正當", 用中文來想句子, 就會變得比較容易...while帶領的那一句, 只是時間, 這是副屬子句, 也就是說, 沒有when或while的那一句, 是主要子句, 是比較強調的部份~ 例如, 如果我...
關於while和when
...這裡的句子是不適合用while的喔!! 因為while有比較性的涵義, 通常在while兩邊的句子或名詞或敘述, 都含有強烈的比較涵義, 像你的句子, 只是泛指一般很普通的情況, 恰巧同時發生, 用when會比較恰當喔! 明白了嗎? 希望對你有幫助!! ^^