when与whill的区别???(拜托,详细一点哦~~~)

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when和while

when和while都可用作从属连词,表示时间,意思都是“当(在)……的时候”,但二者之间有区别:

when的含义是 at or during the time that,既可用于指一点时间(从句的谓语动词需用终止性动词),也可用于指一段时间(从句的谓语动词用延续性动词),从句与主句里面的谓语动词所表示的动作或状态能同时发生(此时,when可用while代替),或一先一后分别发生。例如:

He wants to help people when they are ill.

他想在人们生病的时候帮助他们。

When he got to Shanghai, the ship had already set off.

他到达上海时,轮船已经开走了。

While的含义是 during the time that, 只能用于指一段时间(从句的谓语动词必须是延续性的),从句与主句里面的谓语动词所表示的动作只能同时发生(此时,while可用when代替),不能一先一后分别发生。例如:

One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.

有一天,农民在田间劳动的时候,看见空中有些奇怪的东西。

While I was reading , my mother was washing clothes.

我读书时,我妈妈在洗衣服。

这两个词还可用作并列连词。when是“在那时”或“这时突然”(and just at that time)的意思,用来连接两个并列分句,有时when分句之前有逗号把前后两个分句分开。例如:

An Arab was walking along through the desert when he met two men.

有个阿拉伯人正独自在沙漠里行走,这时他碰见了两个人。