We're going to be minus a car for a while.

我们要过一段没有车的日子。

《牛津词典》

Nina drowsed for a while.

妮娜打了会儿瞌睡。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

They chatted for a while.

他们聊了一会儿。

《牛津词典》

While in high school, Roberto signed a contract to play baseball for the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican winter league.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

So one of the things that we've done for a while now is, we have this thing called Director Day.

所以我们一直在做的是，设立董事日。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

Yes. Most of our clients are people who have been living in an apartment or in a house for a while

好的。绝大多数委托人都是在公寓或者住所内居住有一段时间了，

我帮助过的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He worked in a rug mill for a while, he drove a cab for a while, and he was a guard down at the jail for a while.

NEWYORKER: We Are Alive

She tries to get a waitressing job for a while -- I mean, she's looking for a while before she finds Coyote Ugly -- and it's hard to get a waitressing job in the city.

CNN: Piper Perabo

"If I have to battle it for a while, I'll battle it for a while until it goes away, " he said.

WSJ: Dickey drops to 2-4, Blue Jays to 9-17