for a while

We went into town and mooched about for a while.

我们到城里逛了街。

This polythene sheet should serve to keep out the rain for a while.

这种聚乙烯塑料应该可以挡雨。

I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel.

我觉得困倦，需要她替我开车。

For a while popular songs were all the go.

流行歌曲风行。

He thawed after sitting at a fire for a while.

在火堆旁坐了, 他觉得暖和起来了。

For a while his more clamant needs are fulfil by his mother.

他母亲暂满足了他更紧急的需求。

Will it incommode you if I use your computer for a while?

我借你的电脑用下使你不方便吗?

The police tried to take the heat out of the situation by withdrawing for a while.

警察暂撤退，试图和下局势。

Bide here for a while.

请在这等。

Don’t shout it from the housetops, will you? I want to keep it a secret just between us for a while.

不要让大家都知道，好吗？我想先保密阵子，就我们俩知道。

The project is in the melting pot at the moment, so we’d better wait for a while before we make any decisions.

这项计划此还有多变数，我们最好静观其变，然后再作决定。

Tony was angry with his brother for a while, but blood is thicker than water, and in the end he forgave him.

托尼哥哥的气，不过毕竟血浓于水，最后他还是原谅了哥哥。

She was a student revolutionary for a while but now she’s reverted to type. I saw her in a Mercedes the other day.

她曾经是位支持革命的学，但是现在她又恢复原样了。几天前我看见她坐在辆梅塞德斯车里。

She says she has put all her other projects on the back burner for a while until she finishes writing her new novel.

她说, 在她的新长篇小说脱稿之前, 她把其他切事情都束之高阁了。

Zhang acknowledged that he was excited for a while, has made the impolicy, and expressed after calm, asked Liu to chat well again.

张某承认自己激动，做了不当之举，并表示冷静后找刘某再好好谈谈。