then在句中的用法
2022-03-25
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then的基本释义及用法介绍一、then可以作为副词,没有比较级
1、当意为(指过去)当时,那时;(指将来)到那时,届时等含义时,例句有:
Things were very different back then .
以前那个时候情况大不相同。
I saw them at Christmas but haven't heard a thing since then .
我在圣诞节见到过他们,但之后没听到过什么消息。
She left in 1984 and from then on he lived alone.
她于1984年离去,从那时起他便独自一人生活。
2、当意为然后;接着;其后;后来等含义时,例句有:
He drank a glass of whisky, then another and then another.
他喝了杯威士忌,接着又喝了一杯,然后又喝了一杯。
We lived in France and then Italy before coming back to England.
我们在返回英格兰之前,先住在法国,后来住在意大利。
3、当意为那么;因此;既然如此等含义时,例句有:
If you miss that train then you'll have to get a taxi.
如果你错过那趟火车,那就得坐出租汽车。
4、当意为另外;还有;再者;而且等含义时,例句有:
She's been very busy at work and then there was all that trouble with her son.
她工作一直很忙,另外还有儿子的一大堆麻烦事。
二、then还可以作为形容词,意为当时(任职等)的。
That decision was taken by the then president.
那个决定是由当时的总统作出的。