then
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基本解释
- adv.那么；然后；当时；而且
- adj.当时的
- n.当时
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的thanne，意为那时。
用法辨析
- then的意思是“当时,那时”“接着,于是,然后”“还有,而且”“那么,因此”,作“那时”解时可指过去,也可指将来。
- then作“那么”解时常用于句首或句末,用来缓和语气; 作“然后”解时常位于and之后,所修饰的词语之前,起连接作用。
- then有时可用于对已经提到过或刚提到过的某物表示一般的看法,可译作“则是,就是”。
- then用作状语作“接着,于是,然后”解时也可位于句首,这时句子要用倒装语序。
adv. (副词)
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
- 则
- 然后