in the meantime 在…期间,同时; 与此同时,意思是指,在一件事未结束之前,另一件事也发生了.与此同时并不是指特定的一个时间点儿. 例如:You go back to school to learn a new trade and hope you can keep the family together in the meanwhile. at the same time 往往强调事情同时发生, 例如:I can’t attend to everything at the same time 我不能同时处理每件事