Then
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adv. 那时;然后;那么;话说回来;
adj. 当时的;那时的;
📝 例句
Conditions were favorable for business then.
当时的形势有利于经商。
He worked in that factory then.
他那时在那个工厂工作。
They chatted for a while and then went to work.
他们聊了一会儿,然后上班去了。
Why then are so many digital products so difficult and unpleasant to use?
可是，为什么仍有那么多的数字产品难于使用并且令人不快呢？
He, then, decided to accept the proposal.
于是,他决定接受这一建议。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ then-然后,them-他们:然后我们告别了他们
※ t-似“雨伞”,hen-拼音“很”:那时候雨伞还很少
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
then
adv
1 (referring to past or future time 指过去或将来)
(a) at that time 当时; 那时; 其时; 届时
We were living in Wales then. 我们那时住在威尔士.
I was still married to my first husband then. 我那时还是跟第一个丈夫保持著婚姻关系.
See you on Thursday we'll be able to discuss it then. 我们星期四见--到时就可以商量一下了.
Jackie Kennedy, as she then was, was still only in her twenties. 杰基?肯尼迪, 她当时叫这个名字, 还只不过二十多岁.
[attrib 作定语]
The then PrimeMinister took her husband with her on all her travels.当时的首相每次外出都与夫偕行.
(b) next; after that; afterwards 其後; 然後; 以後; 继之
I'll have soup first and then the chicken. 我想先喝汤再吃鸡.
The liquid turned green and then brown. 那液体先变成绿色, 又变成棕色了.
We had a week in Rome and then went to Vienna. 我们在罗马呆了一个星期, 然後去的维也纳.
(c) (used after a prep 用於介词之後) that time 那时
From then on he refused to talk about it. 从那以後他就不再谈这件事了.
We'll have to manage without a TV until then. 我们现在没有电视也得将就著, 到时候就好了.
She'll have retired by then. 她到那时就要退休了. Cf 参看 now.
2 and also 还有; 而且: There are the vegetables to peel and the soup to heat. Then there's the table to lay and the wine to cool. 菜要择, 汤要加热. 还得摆上餐具, 把酒冰镇一下.
I've sent cards to all my family. Then there's your family and the neighbours. 我已给我全家人都寄去了请帖. 还要给你家的人及邻居们寄.
3 in that case; therefore 那麽; 因此
If it's not on the table then it will be in the drawer. 要是不在桌子上, 那就在抽屉里.
Offer to take him out for lunch, then (ie as a result of this) he'll feel in a better mood. 请他出去吃午饭, 那样他心情就会好些.
He'll be looking for a new secretary then? 那麽, 他就要找个新秘书了?
4 (idm 习语) (but) then a`gain (used to introduce a contrasting piece of information 用以谈起另一方面的情况)
He's clumsy and untidy but then again he's always willing to help. 他笨手笨脚的又邋遢; 可是话说回来, 他总是乐於助人. then and there => there and then (there).
🔁 扩展释义
*[ðen]ad. 然后, 当时conj. 然后, 当时n. 那时相关词组: and then and then some but then there and then by then from then on since then till then
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Do you have any evidence?
你有什么证据？
He often fails to keep his word.
他常常不遵守诺言。
Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street.
15个警察不得不用很大的力气把它推离主要街道。