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then /ðen/ ad. | n. | a. | phr.
I ad.
1. (指过去)当时，那时；(指将来)在那时，到那时
I lived in the country then. 那时我住在乡下。
True, ￡100 was worth more then than now. 不假，当时100英镑比现在值钱。
Prices will be lower (higher) then. 到那时物价将下跌(上涨)。
They will have left school then. (到)那时他们将已毕业离校了。
2. 然后，接着，后来；于是
First think, then act. 先思后行。
He went home, then (he) went straight to bed. 他回到家，立即就上床睡觉。
Then came a sudden eruption of new bloodshed in that city. 接着在那座城市突然爆发了新的流血事件。
It didn't hurt at first but then I realized you could die from a cut like that. 开始伤口并不痛，但后来我明白了人受了那种伤是可能送命的。
I, then, made this decision. 于是，我作出了这个决定。
3. [常用于句首或句尾]那么，那么；既然是那样，假使那样的话
You say you don't want to be a singer. Then what do you want to be? 你说你不想成为一名歌手，那么你想要当什么呢?
If you are tired, then you had better take a rest. 如果你累了，那么最好歇会儿。
Alright then, you may go now. 那么好吧，你可以走啦。
Well, what did you want, then? 嗯，那么你要了什么呢? [注意：then 前的逗号不可省略，否则 then 可能被理解为“当时”或“后来”]
Do as you think fit, then. 那么，你就看着办吧。
A: The letter isn't on your desk. B: Then it must be in one of the drawers. 甲：那封信不在你的书桌上。乙： 那么它一定在哪一只抽屉里了。
They might not give us the money and then what would we do? 他们或许不给我们钱，假使那样的话，我们怎么办呢?
4. 而且，另外；还有，再者
And then there are other things to consider. 而且还有其他需要考虑的事情呢。
I like to walk, and then it's good exercise. 我喜欢步行，而且这是很好的锻炼。
Then what about German, can you speak that language? 还有德语怎么样，你会讲吗?
And then, you must remember to write me on your arrival. 还有，你一定要记住，到达后就写信给我。
5. [常与 now, sometimes 等连用](一会儿…)一会儿又…
Now it's fine, then nasty. 天气一会儿好，一会儿坏。
Now she laughs, then she weeps. 她一会儿笑，一会儿哭。(或：她哭笑无常。)
I watched the column of steam, black then white, ever changing and rising. 我观看那蒸汽柱，它时黑时白， 不断变化着向上升去。
II n.
[常用于介词后]那时
Since then, she's been more cautious. 打那以后，她一直比较谨慎。
By then it may be too late. 到那时可能就太晚了。
From then on, I shall have to earn my own living. 从那时起我将必须自己谋生。
A: I'm meeting John for a drink this evening. B: Then would be the best time to discuss the matter with him. 甲：我今天晚上要和约翰碰头喝酒。乙： 那将是跟他讨论这件事的最好时机。
III a.
[用作定语]当时的
the then government(mayor) 当时的政府(市长)
the then conditions 当时的情况
She was at that time much closer to the then unformulated ideas of women's liberation. 她那时的观点很接近当时尚未形成体系的种种妇女解放的思想。
[<OE thonne then, than; 与 OHG denne then, than, OE thæt that 有关] phr. and then some 而且还远不止此，而且还要多 Most of them get all they need, and then some. 他们中的大多数人在所有需要得到满足之余还另有收获。That house would cost all the money he had and then some. 那栋房屋要花费他所有的钱，而且还不够。but then (again) 见 but¹
then and there (或 there and then) 在当时当地；当场，立即
We turned down his proposal then and there. 我们当场拒绝他的提议。
He said he wanted his money back then and there. 他说他要当即讨回他的钱。
What then? 见 what |