a)TIME/AT THE SAME TIMEif two things happen at the same time, they both happen together 同时,在同一个时间
Kate and I both went to live in Spain at the same time.
我和凯特同时移居西班牙。
b)used when you want to say that something else is also true 与此同时,同时〔用于表示另外的事情也属实〕
We don’t want to lose him. At the same time, he needs to realise that company regulations must be obeyed.
我们不想失去他,同时他也要认识到公司的规章制度必须要遵守。
Examples from the Corpus
at the same time• Are you supposed to press these two buttonsat the same time?• And there was firing and screaming and holleringat the same time.• I wanted to throw up, pass out, scream and cryat the same time.• Once we had five homicides on trialat the same time.• Charlie and I arrivedat the same time.• Karl and I were hiredat the same time.• So you want to talk to them, identify that they are a candidate, and then give them the test all at the same time?• We both started talking at the same time.• His wife had a babyat the same time as Elaine.• You must have been at Harvard at the same time as I was.• So a television picture changed at the same time as you saw your ex-lover walking down the road opposite.• But at the same time most people find the expression of their individuality through work.• She felt an absolutewreck, yet at the same time she felt acutely self-aware.• Each document is at the same timeunique and existing in a thousand places.• We've launched an appeal, and at the same time we are sending out supplies, shelters, and blankets.• The media's criticism can be hard to take. But at the same time, we've got to keep doing our jobs.• Remarkably, they can still swill and swaggerat the same time, weaving toward an exit.