时间: 2025-04-25 01:10:22
美: [ðɛn]
英: [ðen]
adv. 然后；那么；于是；当时；此外
n. (Then)人名；(德)特恩
最后更新时间:2025-04-25 01:10:22
词源分析：该词源自古英语“þænne”，意为“那个时间”，其词根“then”与“time”有关，强调时间的顺序性。
历史背景：该单词最早可以追溯到公元前9世纪的古英语文献中，常用于描述时间的流逝和**的顺序。
课本：在**的英语教材中，如《新概念英语》、《人教版英语》等，通常在初中到高中阶段出现。美国的教材，如《Oxford English Dictionary》或《American Heritage Dictionary》，则在中学阶段普遍使用。
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引证示例：
"I was at the park, and then it started to rain."
"Finish your work, then you can play."
"We will discuss the plan, and then make a decision."
"He was the best candidate, and then he got the job."
"If you don't study, then you won't pass the exam."
*. "We went to dinner, and then to a movie."
"You said you would call me; then why haven't you?"
"She finished her degree, and then traveled abroad."
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这些词汇常与“then”一起使用，帮助构建更复杂的句子结构。
[ADV] Then means at a particular time in the past or in the future. 那时
例：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。
例：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％。
[[ADJ n]] 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
例：...a tour of the then new airport.…在当时新机场的一次参观。
[[ADV group]] Then is also an adverb. 当时
例：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。
[ADV] You use then to say that one thing happens after another, or is after another on a list. 然后
例：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。
[[cl/group 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
例："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？”
[[cl/group 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
例："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。”
[[adv 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
例：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。
[[ADV cl]] 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
例：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。
[[ADV cl]] 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
例：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。