then在句中的用法:then作為副詞時(shí),常用于句首或者句尾,有那時(shí)、然后、因而、而且、此外、再者、接著、既然如此等含義;then作為形容詞時(shí),在句中作為定語,意為當(dāng)時(shí)的。
then的基本釋義及用法介紹
一、then可以作為副詞,沒有比較級
1、當(dāng)意為(指過去)當(dāng)時(shí),那時(shí);(指將來)到那時(shí),屆時(shí)等含義時(shí),例句有:
Things were very different back then .
以前那個(gè)時(shí)候情況大不相同。
I saw them at Christmas but haven't heard a thing since then .
我在圣誕節(jié)見到過他們,但之后沒聽到過什么消息。
She left in 1984 and from then on he lived alone.
她于1984年離去,從那時(shí)起他便獨(dú)自一人生活。
2、當(dāng)意為然后;接著;其后;后來等含義時(shí),例句有:
He drank a glass of whisky, then another and then another.
他喝了杯威士忌,接著又喝了一杯,然后又喝了一杯。
We lived in France and then Italy before coming back to England.
我們在返回英格蘭之前,先住在法國,后來住在意大利。
3、當(dāng)意為那么;因此;既然如此等含義時(shí),例句有:
If you miss that train then you'll have to get a taxi.
如果你錯(cuò)過那趟火車,那就得坐出租汽車。
4、當(dāng)意為另外;還有;再者;而且等含義時(shí),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,另外還有兒子的一大堆麻煩事。
二、then還可以作為形容詞,意為當(dāng)時(shí)(任職等)的。
That decision was taken by the then president.
那個(gè)決定是由當(dāng)時(shí)的總統(tǒng)作出的。