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all through a period of time 在…期間 during the 1990s 在 20 世紀 90 年代 There are extra flights to Colorado during the winter. 冬季有飛往科羅拉多的增開航班。 Please remain seated during the performance. 演出期間請不要站起來。
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at some point in a period of time 在…期間的某個時候 He was taken to the hospital during the night. 他在夜間被送到醫院。 I only saw her once during my stay in Rome. 我在羅馬逗留期間只見過她一次。
During is used to say when something happens; for answers the question ‘how long?’ I stayed in London for a week. • I stayed in London during a week.
Word Originlate Middle English: present participle of the obsolete verb dure ‘last, endure, extend’, via Old French from Latin durare ‘to last’, from durus ‘hard’.