then
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基本解释
- adv.那麽；然後；儅時；而且
- adj.儅時的
- n.儅時
词源解说
- 直接源自古英語的thanne，意爲那時。
用法辨析
- then的意思是“儅時,那時”“接著,於是,然後”“還有,而且”“那麽,因此”,作“那時”解時可指過去,也可指將來。
- then作“那麽”解時常用於句首或句末,用來緩和語氣; 作“然後”解時常位於and之後,所脩飾的詞語之前,起連接作用。
- then有時可用於對已經提到過或剛提到過的某物表示一般的看法,可譯作“則是,就是”。
- then用作狀語作“接著,於是,然後”解時也可位於句首,這時句子要用倒裝語序。
adv. (副詞)
英英字典
- (at) that time (in the past or in the future)
- (NEXT) next or after that
- (IN ADDITION) in addition
- (RESULT) as a result; in that case; also used as a way of joining a statement to an earlier piece of conversation
- Then means at a particular time in the past or in the future.
- Then is used when you refer to something which was true at a particular time in the past but is not true now.
- Then is also an adverb.
- You use then to say that one thing happens after another, or is after another on a list.
- You use then in conversation to indicate that what you are about to say follows logically in some way from what has just been said or implied.
- You use then to signal the end of a topic or the end of a conversation.
- You use then with words like "now," "well," and "okay," to introduce a new topic or a new point of view.
- You use then to introduce the second part of a sentence which begins with "if." The first part of the sentence describes a possible situation, and then introduces the result of the situation. (if)
- You use then at the beginning of a sentence or after "and" or "but" to introduce a comment or an extra piece of information to what you have already said. (and)(but)
- now and then&rarrsee now
- there and then&rarrsee there
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专业释义
- 則
- 然後