英语then的多种用法
英语then的多种用法
then:
(1) adv. 当时;那时
at that time;at a time that you have just spoken of
[例句]
Mother was a little girl then.
当时母亲还是个小姑娘。
We were still at school then.
当时我们还在上学。
I shall have left school then.
到那时我已毕业了。
I was living at home then.
我当时在家住。
I will be at college then.
我那时将上大学了。
(2) adv. 然后;后来;接着
next;afterwards
[例句]
I went home for dinner and then went to the cinema.
我先回家吃饭,然后去看电影。
Follow this road to the bookstore,then turn to the left.
顺着这条街到书店,然后向左拐。
He wrote a letter and then stood up.
他写完一封信,然后站了起来。
First comes spring then summer.
春天先到,夏天跟着来了。
(3) adv. 如果是那样;那么
if that is so
[例句]
You feel ill?Then go home.
你觉得难受,是吗?那么回家吧。
If you're free,then come.
你如果有空,那么就来吧。
If you are tired,then you had better stay at home.
假如你累了,那么你最好待在家里。
You don't want to go after all, then.
那么说,你毕竟是不想去了。
(4) adv. 除此之外
and also;besides,
[例句]
Then,there's Brown still to be invited.
此外,布朗还有待被邀呢。
and then
此外;再者
And then we have to consider the damage done to our school by the storm.
此外我们还要考虑风暴给学校带来的损害。
(一)(无比较级)adv.1)(指过去)那时,当时;(指将来)到那时,届时.eg)We lived in the countryside then.我们那时住在乡村.2)然后;其次;接着;于是.eg)First comes spring,then summer.先是春天,接着是夏天.3)[常...