【then】的翻译、意思

美: [ðɛn]

英: [ðen]

1.adv. 然后；那么；于是；当时；此外

2.n. (Then)人名；(德)特恩

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1. [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％。

2. [[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。

3. [[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。

4. [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。

5. [[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？”

6. [[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。”

7. [[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。

8. [[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。

9. [[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。