| 单词 | then |
| 释义 | then1 /ðen/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1 THENat a particular time in the past or future 当时，那时；到时候，届时 I wish I had known then what I know now. 我真希望那时我就知道现在所知道的一切。 It was then that I realised she’d tricked me. 直到那时我才知道她骗了我。 He started his career in St Petersburg – or Leningrad as it then was. 他在圣彼得堡——当时叫列宁格勒——开始他的事业。by/until/since then They’re sending out the results next week, so we won’t know anything until then. 他们要在下个星期寄出结果，所以我们要到那个时候才会知道。 It was late evening when the doctor arrived, and by then it was too late. 医生赶到时已是深夜，这时候已经太晚了。 That was in 1970. Since then the place has changed a lot. 那时是1970年。从那以后那地方变化很大。 They met in 1942 and from then on (=starting at that time) they were firm friends. 他们1942年认识，从那时起就一直是好朋友。 Silently she closed the door. Just then she heard a noise. 她默不作声地关上了门。 就在那时，她听到有声响。 I was paid £1,000, which was a lot of money back then (=a long time ago when things were different) in the 1950s. 他们给了我1,000英镑，在20世纪50年代那可是一大笔钱。2 AFTERused to say what happens next or what you do next 接下来，然后 Mix the flour and butter, then add the eggs. 把面粉和黄油和在一起，然后加入鸡蛋。 Byron travelled to Italy and then to Greece. 拜伦先去意大利旅行，然后去了希腊。3 SO/CONSEQUENTLY a) used when saying what the result of a situation or action will be 那么〔用于指某个情况或行为的结果〕 If you won’t tell him, then I will. 如果你不告诉他，那么我去跟他说。 Start off early, then you won’t have to rush. 早点动身，这样你就不必匆匆忙忙的了。 b) spoken used when you think that something is probably true because of what you know about the situation 那么〔根据所知情况作出判断〕 Still in your pyjamas? Have you just got out of bed then? 还穿着睡衣？那么你刚起床喽？4 but then (again) BUTused to say that although something is true, something else is also true which makes the first thing seem less important 不过话又说回来 William didn’t succeed first time, but then very few people do. 威廉第一次没有成功，不过，很少有人第一次就成功的。 Elaine’s father might lend them the money, but then again he might not. 伊莱恩的父亲也许会借给他们钱，不过也可能不会借。5 spokenXX a) used at the beginning of a conversation or activity 那么〔表示交谈或行动的开始〕 Now then, what would you like to do today? 那么，你今天想干些什么呢？ Right then, shall we start? 那好吧，我们开始好吗？ b) used at the end of a conversation, especially to show that something has been agreed 那么，那〔用于谈话结束时，表示某事已商定〕 Good, that’s settled then. We’ll all meet here next Wednesday. 好的，那就这么定了。我们下星期三全都在这儿碰头。 Okay then, I’ll see you at work. 那么好吧，上班的时候再见。 c) used to show that you are saying something because of what someone has just said 那，那么〔用于表示所说的话是对某人刚刚所说内容的回应〕 ‘We’re late.’ ‘We’d better hurry, then.’ “我们晚了。”“那么我们最好快一点。” ‘Friday’s no good.’ ‘Then how about Saturday?’ “星期五不好。”“那么星期六如何？”6 AND/ALSOused to add something to what you have just mentioned 另外，还有 We have to invite your parents and my parents, and then there’s your brother. 我们得邀请你的父母和我的父母，另外还有你的弟弟。7 used to refer back to what you have just been talking about 〔用于回指先前刚说过的话〕 This then was the situation facing the government at the end of the war. 这就是战争结束时摆在政府面前的情况。8 then and there (also there and then)IMMEDIATELY immediately 立即，当场 He wasn’t prepared to wait – he wanted the money then and there. 他不打算等——他想立马拿到钱。 → (every) now and then at now1(5)Examples from the Corpusthen• ""I'm full up.'' ""Does that mean you don't want any dessert then?''• I should be finished work by noon. Would you like to get together then?• Just wait until July -- all the exams will be over by then.• She thought back over her early married life; everything had been so different then.• Fry the onions gently, and then add the meat and cook for a few minutes.• Both sides must forget about the past. Then and only then can there be peace.• Bob sat down and read the letter again slowly. Then and only then did it begin to sink in that Stella was really dead.• Add a cup of sugar. Then beat in three eggs.• School starts in September, and until then I'll be staying with friends.• I finished cleaning and then I took a little nap.• If the technology is used for more than word processing then lawyers will certainly need to be trained.• He looked away and then looked back.• Back then, nearly anything associated with oil-rich Texas seemed to be a hot product.• First Sue was a teacher. Then she was an artist. Who knows what she'll do next!• Altematively, you can place the frozen, cut nuts in boiling water and then slowly return the water to a boil.• It was then that Jan realized he had lied to her.• The only comfortable position was standing up because then the fluid drained away and stopped pressing against his lungs.• I sat down at my desk and got out a pile of reports to read. Just then, the phone rang.• They took a flavor of Don Rickles and then they cross the line.• Don't make eye contact - then they won't ask for money.• First we played tennis, and then we went swimming.• You sought out your supporters, briefed them beforehand, then went into the meeting knowing you had strength in numbers.• First you need to collect all the information and make detailed notes. Then you can start to actually write your essay.back then• In truth, there wasn't anybody of his current stature on those teams back then.• My life is still at risk because of the decision I made back then.• The average day saw just 60 million shares traded back then.• He did kiss me back then, as if he wanted to press his wretched thin inhibited mouth right through my head.• He would walk over and back then go home, life was still sweet in spite of father's mean ways.• Even back then I didn't like to stay out all night.• Hey - the guy wasn't a breadhead back then, right?• Some right-wingers back then tried to lock the exit doors on bad marriages by making divorce much harder to get.• Not back then when I was with the Go Go's.If ... then• If you then choose to go on with it, you are ready to begin a lifetime of training in depth.• And if sacred, then durable?• If then follows that the sign of the risk premium can not be decided apriori.• If not, then - he would still be there next week.• If Yes, then it is a road.• If it then moves away it allows those behind to follow suit.• If not, then that first flight is going to be a short one.• If equipment failed then the nature of the fault was usually clear to the master bakers.then2 adjective [only before noun] PASTused when mentioning the person who had a particular job, title, or position at a time in the past 当时的 a visit to China by the then US President, Richard Nixon 当时的美国总统理查德•尼克松对中国的访问Origin then1 Old English thonne, thænnethen1 adverbthen2 adjectiveChinese the or at Corpus particular a time in past |
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