whilst
conjunction (especially British English, formal)(also while British and North American English)
during the time that something is happening; at the same time as something else is happening 在…期間；當…的時候 In the UK it is illegal to drive whilst holding a mobile phone. 在英國，拿着手機開車是違法的。 Harrison's clock allowed seamen to keep time accurately whilst at sea. 哈裏森的鐘允許海員在海上精確計時。
used to contrast two things （對比兩件事物）…而，…然而 Whilst my brother is hard-working, I'm quite lazy. 雖然我哥哥很努力，但我很懶。
Language Bank contrastcontrastTopics Opinion and argumentc1Highlighting differences 突出差異／不同 This survey highlights a number of differences in the way that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time. 這項民意測驗凸顯出英國十幾歲的男孩和女孩在打發閒暇時間上的諸多不同。
One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way in which they use the internet. 參與了這項研究的女生和男生之間的主要差異之一在於他們使用互聯網的方式。
Unlike the girls, who use the internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the internet for playing computer games. 女生使用互聯網主要是和朋友聯系，這一點和男生不同，參與調查的男生往往是使用互聯網來玩電腦遊戲。
The girls differ from the boys in that they tend to spend more time keeping in touch with friends on the phone or on social networking websites. 女孩和男孩的不同之處在於，她們傾向於花更多的時間通過電話或社交網站與朋友保持聯系。
Compared to the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting to friends on the phone. 與男孩相比，女孩花更多的時間在電話上和朋友聊天。
On average the girls spend four hours a week chatting to friends on the phone. In contrast, very few of the boys spend more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way. 女生平均每周花四個小時與朋友電話聊天。相比之下，很少有男生每天以這種方式與朋友聊天五分鐘以上。
The boys prefer competitive sports and computer games, whereas/while the girls seem to enjoy more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends. 男生更喜歡競技性體育運動和電腦遊戲，而女生似乎更喜歡合作性活動，比如與朋友一起購物。
When the girls go shopping, they mainly buy clothes and cosmetics. The boys, on the other hand, tend to purchase computer games or gadgets. 女生購物時主要買衣服和化妝品，而男生往往會買電腦遊戲或小器具。
(used at the beginning of a sentence 用於句首 although; despite the fact that… 雖然；盡管 Whilst the results of this study are certainly interesting, they are far from conclusive. 雖然這項研究的結果確實很有趣，但還遠未得出結論。
Language Bank neverthelessneverthelessTopics Opinion and argumentc1Conceding a point and making a counterargument 承認一個觀點的正確性，並提出一個對立的觀點 While the film is undoubtedly too long, it is nevertheless an intriguing piece of cinema. 雖然這部電影的確太長了，但它不失爲一部有趣的影片。
It can be argued that the movie is too long. It is nonetheless an intriguing piece of cinema. 可以認爲這部電影太長了，但它不失爲一部有趣的影片。
The film is undoubtedly too long. Still, it is an intriguing piece of cinema. 這部電影的確太長了，但它仍不失爲一部有趣的影片。
Of course, huge chunks of the book have been sacrificed in order to make a two-hour movie, but it is nevertheless a successful piece of storytelling. 當然，爲了制作一部兩小時的電影，該書中的大部分内容都被舍棄了，不過它仍不失爲一部成功的故事片。
Critics are wrong to argue that the film’s plot is too complicated. Certainly there are a couple of major twists, but audiences will have no difficulty following them. 批評家認爲這部電影的情節過於複雜，這種觀點是不恰當的。影片中確實有幾次大的情節變化，但觀衆還是不難看懂的。
It is true that you cannot make a good movie without a good script, but it is equally true that a talented director can make a good script into an excellent film. 的確，沒有好的劇本不可能拍出好的電影，但有天賦的導演能將較好的劇本制作成非常好的電影，這一點也是沒有疑問的。
It remains to be seen whether these two movies herald a new era of westerns, but there is no doubt that they represent welcome additions to the genre. 這兩部電影是否預示着西部片新時代的來臨還有待觀察。但是毫無疑問，它們作爲這一電影類型的新作而受到歡迎。