for a time   (TTS發音)

temporarily； for a certain period 一時地

    This method was used for a time，but it is no use now . 這個方法曾被用于一時，但現在已不用了。

    The boys stayed with their uncle for a time. 孩子們有一段時間曾和他們的叔叔住在一起。

    I couldn't remember his name for a time. 我一時想不起他的名字了。

    He was for a time a professor at Cambridge. 他一度是劍橋大學的教授。