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ever/ˈevə(r)//ˈevər/ ★★★★★adv. adv- ① 1[用于以no, nobody等否定词开头的否定句]从来,曾经(参照never)2[用于疑问句]3[用于条件句]
- No Chinese tourist has ever come to this town.没有任何中国观光客曾经来到此镇。
- Nobody [No one] ever comes to this swamp.从来没有人到过这个沼泽。
- Have you ever been to London?你到过伦敦没有?
- Have you ever seen a whale?你见过鲸鱼没有?(★此句的回答为Yes, I have ((once)).或No, I have not.或No, I never have.)
- Did you ever see her while you were in Taipei?你在台北的时候,曾经见到她吗?
- How can I ever thank you (enough)?我要如何才能感谢你呢?
- If you (should) ever come to Taipei, you must call on us.你要是到台北来,一定要来看我们。
- If I ever catch him!要是我逮到了他的话!
- He is [was] a great poet if ever there was one.假如曾经有过伟大的诗人的话,他就是一个。
- ② 1[用于肯定句]老是,始终;反复地2[用于复合语]经常地
- She repeated ever the same words.她老是翻来覆去说同样的话。
- She's ever quick to respond.她总是应答敏捷。
- They lived happily ever after.从此以后他们一直过着幸福的生活(★童话结尾的用语)(★除了以上的说法以外,现在普通用always;又,如今不用于现在完成式的平叙句)。
- ever-increasing不断增加的
- ever-present常在的
- ③[强调]1[加强 as ... as]尽可能…地2[加强 so, such]非常地3[加强疑问词]究竟,到底4[置于比较级或最高级后面以加强之]5[以疑问句的形式当感叹句用]【美口】实在
- as much [little] as ever I can尽可能地多[少]
- Be as fast as ever you can!尽可能地快吧!
- What ever are you doing?你到底正在做什么?
- Who ever can it be?那到底是谁?
- Why ever did they say so?他们究竟为什么这么说?
- Which ever way did they go?【口】他们究竟往哪一边去了?
- She's working harder than ever.她比以往更用功。
- He's the greatest painter that Spain ever produced.他是西班牙所出的最伟大的画家。
- the nicest (man) ever seen所见过[所知道]的最亲切的(人)
- Is this ever wonderful!这不是实在奇妙么!
字辨always: 表示经常总是,偶或中断却能永久持续 ever: 比always更加强语意,表示始终永远不变,除固定句型中的用法以外,主要为文学用语 短语- Did you ever?
- ① 这真怪!(★Did you ever see [hear] the like?之略)
- ever and again
- ever since
- We've been friends ever since that day.自从那天起,我们一直是朋友。
- ever so
- ① 【口】非常地(=very)
- ②[作让步子句]【文】不管,无论
- were I [if I were] ever so rich无论我怎样有钱
- Home is home, be it ever so humble [however humble it may be].不管怎么简陋,家毕竟是家。
- ever such ...
- I had ever such a nice gift from her.我收到她非常好的一份礼物。
- Ever yours
- for ever
- ① 永久地,永远(参照forever)
- ② 一直,老是,不断地(★在【美】拼成forever一个字)
- She's for ever losing her keys.她老是遗失钥匙。
- for ever and a day
- If I send the boy to the store, he'll be gone for ever and a day.如果我叫这孩子到店舖去买东西,不知道他什么时候才会回来。
- for ever and ever
- ① 永永远远地,永久地(=for ever and a day)
- hardly [scarcely] ever
- He hardly ever goes abroad.他难得出国。
- never ever
- I'll never ever go there again.我绝不再到那里去。
- rarely [seldom] if ever
- He rarely if ever smokes.他难得抽烟。
- Yours ever
- ① 你永久的朋友(比较亲密的信末结尾语;参照yours)
同义词- always
- e'er
- ever so
- of all time
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