一度 yídù for a time
for a time; at one time; one time; once
怎么记住“一度”: 一 one + 度 degree = for a time.
汉字
用法
- Adverb 'at one time / for a while (in the past)' marking a bygone phase - 他一度想放弃 (tā yídù xiǎng fàngqì) at one point he wanted to give up; 这里一度非常繁荣 (zhèlǐ yídù fēicháng fánróng) this place was once very prosperous.
- Implies the state has since changed or ended - a temporary former condition, not a habit. Often precedes a verb of feeling/state.
- Also literally 'one degree/once' (再一度, once more) in other contexts. Formal-neutral register.