| 单词 | then |
| 释义 | adverb | adjective thenthen1 /ðɛn/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1at a particular time in the past or future: What was the town like then? It was then that I heard a noise. We get the results next week, so we won’t know anything until then. We moved to Phoenix in '88, and from then on (=starting at that time) we’ve lived in this house. A hundred dollars was a lot of money back then (=a long time ago when things were different). Only then did I realize she was lying. Olga turned out the lights. Just then the door opened. If we washed the dishes, then and only then would Mom let us watch TV.2after something has happened SYN next: First she was a singer. Then she became a dancer. I walked the dog, then cooked dinner.3spoken said to show that what you are saying is related in some way to what has been said before SYN in that case: “He said he’d call if he got lost.” “Then you don’t need to worry about it.” “Friday’s no good.” “Then how about Saturday?”4used when saying what the result of a situation or action is: Don’t make eye contact – then they won’t ask for money. If you won’t tell him, then I will.5used when what you think is true or correct based on something else: You haven’t heard the news then? If they’re not here by now, then they probably aren’t coming.6but then (again) especially spoken used to say that although something is true, something else is also true, which makes the first thing seem less important: William didn’t succeed the first time, but then very few people do.7spoken used to add something to what you have just said: She works long hours. Then there’s the family to take care of.8then and there (also there and then) immediately: If I come across a mistake, I fix it right then and there.9spoken said at the beginning of a sentence, after something such as “right,” “OK,” or “now,” in order to get people’s attention: OK then, let’s get started.10spoken used at the end of a conversation, especially to show that something has been agreed on: Good, that’s settled then.11especially written used to mention what you have been talking about or give a summary of it: This, then, was the situation we were in. → see also (every) now and then at now1 (23) adverb | adjective thenthen2 adjective [only before noun] the then-president/then-director/then-girlfriend etc. the person who had a particular job, title, etc. at a time in the past: a visit to China by the then US President, Richard Nixon |
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