每日習(xí)語（12.4）

for the time being
    暫時(shí)
    例句：
    For the time being, you will have to share this room with another
    person.
    你暫時(shí)得和另外一個(gè)人合住這個(gè)房間。
    palmtop
    掌上計(jì)算機(jī)
    例句：
    A palmtop's ancestry owes more to the electronic calculator than to the PC.
    掌上計(jì)算機(jī)的祖先更象是電子計(jì)算器而非個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)。