for a time

基本解释

For a time my mother and I lived with my grandparents, Nathan and Anna.
有段時間，我和母親與外公內森、外婆安娜住在一起。
If you selected a start date for a time in the future, the deployment process will begin at the specified time.
如果您選擇了將來某個時間作爲開始日期，那麽這個部署過程將在這個指定時間開始。
For a time the fallout was deadly.
在一段時間內是致命的影響。

The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program offers a true exchange -- meaning two people trade jobs for a time.
And the Aristotelian view held for a long time, but eventually it started to crumble in the light of more data.
而亞裡士多德的觀點在很長時間裡得到了認同，但最終還是崩潰了,在越來越多的數據麪前。
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it's very hard for the professors to schedule a lot of individual time for the people who can't make it.
教授很難爲那些沒法按時考試的考生另外安排時間。
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Amy returned to Northeastern, but for a time she lived at the house in Braintree.
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