| 释义 |
when /hwen， 弱 hwən/ ad. | conj. | pron. | n. | phr.
I ad.
1. [疑问副词]什么时候，何时；在何种情况(或场合)下
When did you see him last? 你上次见到他是什么时候?
I know when to leave. 我知道什么时候动身。
He asked when he should go. 他问他该于何时去。
When do you double the final consonant? 在什么情况下最后一个辅音字母要重复?
2. 在…的时候
Now is when I need him most. 现在是我最需要他的时候。
3. [关系副词]其时
an age when men were men 男子皆大丈夫的时代
There are occasions when one must yield. 任何人都有不得不屈服的时候。
4. 在昔日(或当年)的困难时候；昔日，当年
I knew him when. 我是在当年困难时结识他的。
II conj.
1. 在…时，当…时
We used to have a lot of fun when we were that age. 我们在那个年纪时曾有过许多开心的事。
When you see her, give her this message. 你见到她时把这个口信带给她。
When ripe, these apples will be delicious. 这些苹果成熟后味道将是很可口的。
2. 一…就；每当
Stop writing when the bell rings. 铃声一响，就不要再写了。
She blushes when you praise her. 每当有人夸她时，她就脸红。
3. 其时；然后
I hadn't been asleep long when the alarm went off. 我入睡不久闹钟就响了。
The Queen will visit the town in May, when she will open the new hospital. 女王将于5月访问该城，届时她要主持这家新医院的开业仪式。
I expect to be there no longer than two days, when I shall return. 我预计至多在那儿呆两天，随后我就回来。
4. 既然；在…的情况下；如果
How can he succeed when he won't work? 既然他不肯工作，那他怎么会成功呢?
Why do we take the flag down at night, when we just have to put it up again in the morning? 既然我们早上还得把旗升上去，那晚上又为什么要把它降下来呢?
5. 虽然；然而，可是
We have only three books, when we need five. 我们只有3本书，可是我们需要5本。
III pron.
什么时候
Till when is the store open? 那家店营业到什么时候?
I saw him a year ago, since when I haven't seen anything of him. 我1年以前看到过他，自那以后我连他的影子都没见到。
IV n.
(事件发生的)时间，日期；场合
Do you know the when and where of his arrest? 你知道他被捕的时间和地点吗?
Tell me the when and (the) how of it. 请把这事的时间和原委告诉我。
[OE hwanne, hwænne; 与 OHG hwanne, OE hwā who 有关] phr. hardly...when... 见 hardly
say when 〈口〉(在给人斟饮料等时说)请觉得适量时关照一声
A: Soda? Say when. B: Right to the top. 甲：要苏打水吗? 要多少请关照一声。乙：倒满为止。
“Say when, sir,”said the waiter. “When,”said Pringle. “先生，要多少请关照一声，”侍者说。“请停，”普林格尔说。 |