then
柯林斯词典
1. ADV Then means at a particular time in the past or in the future. 那时
He wanted to have a source of income after his retirement; until then, he wouldn't require additional money. 他想在退休后有个收入来源,而这之前则不需要额外的钱。
Executives pledged to get the company back on track. Since then, though, shares have fallen 30 per cent. 主管们发誓要让公司重上轨道,不过从那以后股票价格还是下降了30%。
2. ADJ Then is used when you refer to something which was true at a particular time in the past but is not true now. 当时的[ADJ n]
...a tour of the then new airport. …在当时新机场的一次参观。
3. ADV Then is also an adverb. 当时[ADV group]
Richard Strauss, then 76 years old, suffered through the war years in silence. 理查德·斯特劳斯当时已76岁,默默地熬过了战争岁月。
4. ADV You use then to say that one thing happens after another, or is after another on a list. 然后
Add the oil and then the scallops to the pan, leaving a little space for the garlic. 往锅里倒入油,然后加入扇贝,再放一点大蒜。
5. ADV 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. 那么[cl/group ADV]
"I wasn't a very good scholar in school."—"Then why did you become a teacher?"
“我在学校时成绩不是很好。”— “那你为什么当老师呢?”
6. ADV You use then to signal the end of a topic or the end of a conversation. 用于表示话题或谈话结束[cl/group ADV]
"I'll talk to you on Friday anyway."—"Yep. Okay then."
“我星期五总归要和你谈谈的。” —“行,就这么定了。”
7. ADV You use then with words like "now," "well," and "okay," to introduce a new topic or a new point of view. 用于引入新话题或新观点[adv ADV]
Now then, I'm going to explain everything to you before we do it. 嗯,我要在我们动手之前向你们把一切解释清楚。
8. ADV 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. (引导以“if”开头的句子,叙述可能的情况) 那么[ADV cl]
If the answer is "yes," then we need to leave now. 如果答案为“是”,那么我们现在就该离开了。
9. ADV 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. (用于句首或“)(and)(”、“)(but)(”之后) 话说回来[ADV cl]
He sounded sincere, but then, he always did. 他听起来很诚恳,不过,话说回来,他一贯如此。
10. now and then→see now
11. there and then→see there
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then /ðɛn/
剑桥词典
- (at) that time (in the past or in the future )
- He's always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were better then.
- Just then, the lights went out.
- The train leaves at three minutes to eight, so we'd better get there a few minutes before then.
- If you come to the surgery at 10.30, the doctor will see you then.
- They used to live in a big house with lots of servants , but they've come down in the world since then.
在当时(过去或未来)(的);在那时(的)
I was working in the city then. 那时我在城里工作。
formal I wanted to live in the city , but my then husband (= the man who was my husband at that time ) preferred the country . 我希望住在城里,可我当时的丈夫想住在乡下。
Give it to me next week - I won't have time to read it before/until then. 下周给我吧——我只有到那时才有时间看。
I'll call you tomorrow - I should have the details by then. 我明天会给你打电话——到那时我应该知道详情了。
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习语
from then onthen and there 返回 then