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Definition of then in English: thenadverb ðɛnðɛn 1At that time; at the time in question. 当时；那时 I was living in Cairo then 那时我住在开罗。 after preposition Phoebe by then was exhausted 菲比那时已经累坏了。 as adjective he accepted a peerage from the then Prime Minister, Edward Heath 他接受了当时的首相爱德华· 希思授予他的贵族头衔。 Example sentencesExamples - It was only then that she noticed Rhea beside her, and someone in front of them.
- By then, he emphasises, Asia will be home to two thirds of the world's population.
- Nothing had changed since then except the addition of the proposed obligation.
- By then, the emphasis was fully focused on the harmony and happiness of the marriage.
- I used to see them a lot then.
- Since then it has become one of the more ridiculous additions to the four-year festival.
- We realised what had happened about an hour later but by then the bag had already gone.
- He worked at one of the camps that was set up for Russian former soldiers who were then guest workers.
- We were living overseas by then.
- I think ministerial salaries have improved in both real and relative terms since then.
- It was then that I noticed that all eyes were trained on the television above our heads.
- It was about then that I questioned the wisdom of skipping supper before coming out.
- My then wife, Laura, didn't like the idea, and as it turned out, I should have listened to her.
- Back then, we didn't have to wear shin guards while playing soccer.
- The first virus arrived within four hours, and since then I have had eight more.
Synonyms at that time, at that point, in those days at that point in time, at that moment, on that occasion 2After that; next; afterwards. 然后，接着，后来 she won the first and then the second game 她先赢了第一局，接着又赢了第二局比赛。 Example sentencesExamples - There was silence for a moment and then the place erupted with cries of delight and amazement.
- There's nothing better than making dinner for a group of friends then going out out afterwards.
- He was suspended on a slightly reduced salary for six months, and then he was demoted.
- He then received a second call from her in the evening bearing the bad news.
- She was picked for a second audition and then recalled and told she had the part.
- A second unit will then be set up in Edinburgh, most likely at the Western General Hospital.
- There was then a moment of silence as her eyes narrowed slightly and her lips went into a small pout.
- We scored early in the second half and then life became very difficult for Northern Ireland.
- They then started the second half as they had ended the first, on the attack.
- After his arrest, he had had to make his own way back to Brighton and then pay for a second trip to York for the court case.
- She fingered a few leg and back muscles for a couple of seconds and then disappeared from the room.
- He gave me a kiss on the cheek, then stood up and helped me up to stand beside him.
- During the war years, every penny went on the war, and then afterwards on rebuilding.
- I saw the attacker hit the lad in the head or the face two or three times and then after about ten seconds he walked off.
- She ponders for a moment and then stresses that she does not consider it to be a stepping stone to anything.
- It became a naval hospital during the Second World War and then a technical college and school.
- Just remember where you posted this and then ask yourself the question again.
- He fired once into the air, and then a second time, hitting James in the arm.
- On the night of the offence, he had been for a drink after work and then gone home, he said.
- He would be laughing and joking one moment and then totally different the next.
- He managed to push them away for a moment and then ran towards a taxi on the other side of the street.
- He just carries on chewing gum for a second then they launch into another song.
Synonyms next, after that, afterwards, subsequently, later - 2.1 Also; in addition.
而且，另外；还有，再者 I'm paid a generous salary, and then there's the money I've made at the races 我得到了一份丰厚的薪水，此外还有我在赛马会上挣的钱。 Example sentencesExamples - There are grievances, and then there are special grievances.
- And then I have a spring show to think about, too.
- Work is mad at the moment, and then there are exams to think about as well.
- I feel that I am in a really lucky position. I paint what I like on the street and then I have a studio where I can play around with different ideas and effects, the kind of things you could never do on the street.
Synonyms in addition, also, besides, as well, additionally, on top of that, over and above that, moreover, furthermore, what's more, to boot too
3In that case; therefore. 那么，那末；既然是那样；于是 if you do what I tell you, then there's nothing to worry about 你要是照我说的做，那就没什么好担心的。 既然是那样，那好吧。 Example sentencesExamples - If you thought the use of leeches in medicine was a thing of the past then think again.
- Therefore, if a person is caught with more, then he or she has to prove that it is not for supply.
- My friends, if a week is a long time in politics, then a year sometimes seems like a lifetime.
- We're at home and as long as we keep playing and keep battling to the end as we have been doing then we should do okay.
- If the brand has used direct marketing in the past, then an updated database should be available.
- So much, then, for the adaptations and additions made both by Matthew and by Luke.
- If this is easy to recognise for what it is then okay, but if not its effect could be diminished.
- If we do not find a way of resolving the sins of the past then we are doomed to repeat them.
- Furthermore, if they replaced the letter in the envelope then we would not know they had done so.
- If breaking the laws of physics is necessary to get the plot of the movie to work, then okay.
- Is it any wonder, then, that we sometimes feel that we are living in a world on the edge of oblivion?
- If you find that your salary barely pays off what you owe, then it's time to take some action.
- If we do not increase their wages and salaries, then they will pack their bags and go.
- If you really don't want to stay here, then okay, I'll call Dave and have him pick you up.
- We need to get into the top three at some stage and even if it is towards the end of the season then that is okay.
- Okay then - but is there at least a critique of capitalism that has a potential for replacing it?
- If not, then the child will probably need a statement and therefore requires an assessment.
- As long as I have the same equipment as the car beside me come race weekend then I am pretty happy.
- If you have trained, you are in good condition and you acclimatise, then you should be okay.
- If you don't want to reveal your salary or your expensive habits then now is the time to reconsider.
Synonyms in that case, that being the case, that being so, under those circumstances, it follows that - 3.1 Used at the end of a sentence to emphasize an inference being drawn.
用于句末表示推断这么说，那么说 so you're still here then 这么说你还待在这儿。 Example sentencesExamples - He will cling on to a remembrance of the good things he enjoyed at Celtic in the recent past, then.
- 3.2 Used to finish off a conversation.
用于谈话结束（那）…吧 一小时后见吧。 Example sentencesExamples - See you there then!
- He hugged me tightly and whispered, ‘So Ill see you in a week then?’
- See you next week, then!
- Till tomorrow then!
Phrases she made up her mind then and there Example sentencesExamples - Will made up his mind then and there, that no matter what, he needed to keep himself alive.
- He decided then and there that he was going to live on that beach one day.
- After many arguments, we decided to vote then and there for a new leader.
- It was emotional for both of us, and we decided then and there to do what we could to help find a cure.
- I resolved then and there that I would fly one day in that magnificent plane.
- He informed me that all I had to do was complete a form right then and there, and I would be added to the voters' list.
- Photographers and their clients can view and select images then and there.
- If there had been silence and a hint of awkward shifting, I would have stopped right then and there.
- I decided then and there that, as far as relationships went, e-mail was just great.
- Call me fussy and prudish, but I realised then and there that the relationship would not survive the evening.
Synonyms immediately, at once, straight away, right away, instantaneously, suddenly, abruptly, all of a sudden, on the instant, at a stroke, forthwith, then and there, there and then, here and now, that minute, this minute, that very minute, this very minute, that instant, this instant
OriginOld English thænne, thanne, thonne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dan and German dann, also to that and the. RhymesAdrienne, again, amen, Ardennes, Behn, Ben, Benn, Bren, cayenne, Cévennes, Dairen, den, en, fen, gen, glen, Glenn, Guyenne, Gwen, hen, julienne, Karen, ken, Len, Loren, men, Nene, Ogaden, paren, pen, Penn, Phnom Penh, Rennes, Shenzhen, Sun Yat-sen, ten, Tlemcen, when, wren, yen, zazen, Zen Definition of then in US English: thenadverbðɛnT͟Hen 1At that time; at the time in question. 当时；那时 I was living in Cairo then 那时我住在开罗。 after preposition Phoebe by then was exhausted 菲比那时已经累坏了。 as adjective a hotel where the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was staying Example sentencesExamples - Back then, we didn't have to wear shin guards while playing soccer.
- By then, the emphasis was fully focused on the harmony and happiness of the marriage.
- It was then that I noticed that all eyes were trained on the television above our heads.
- The first virus arrived within four hours, and since then I have had eight more.
- He worked at one of the camps that was set up for Russian former soldiers who were then guest workers.
- By then, he emphasises, Asia will be home to two thirds of the world's population.
- Nothing had changed since then except the addition of the proposed obligation.
- My then wife, Laura, didn't like the idea, and as it turned out, I should have listened to her.
- We were living overseas by then.
- Since then it has become one of the more ridiculous additions to the four-year festival.
- I used to see them a lot then.
- I think ministerial salaries have improved in both real and relative terms since then.
- We realised what had happened about an hour later but by then the bag had already gone.
- It was only then that she noticed Rhea beside her, and someone in front of them.
- It was about then that I questioned the wisdom of skipping supper before coming out.
Synonyms at that time, at that point, in those days 2After that; next; afterward. 然后，接着，后来 she won the first and then the second game 她先赢了第一局，接着又赢了第二局比赛。 Example sentencesExamples - After his arrest, he had had to make his own way back to Brighton and then pay for a second trip to York for the court case.
- She ponders for a moment and then stresses that she does not consider it to be a stepping stone to anything.
- Just remember where you posted this and then ask yourself the question again.
- There was silence for a moment and then the place erupted with cries of delight and amazement.
- There's nothing better than making dinner for a group of friends then going out out afterwards.
- They then started the second half as they had ended the first, on the attack.
- There was then a moment of silence as her eyes narrowed slightly and her lips went into a small pout.
- I saw the attacker hit the lad in the head or the face two or three times and then after about ten seconds he walked off.
- He then received a second call from her in the evening bearing the bad news.
- He would be laughing and joking one moment and then totally different the next.
- During the war years, every penny went on the war, and then afterwards on rebuilding.
- He was suspended on a slightly reduced salary for six months, and then he was demoted.
- He gave me a kiss on the cheek, then stood up and helped me up to stand beside him.
- It became a naval hospital during the Second World War and then a technical college and school.
- She was picked for a second audition and then recalled and told she had the part.
- She fingered a few leg and back muscles for a couple of seconds and then disappeared from the room.
- He managed to push them away for a moment and then ran towards a taxi on the other side of the street.
- On the night of the offence, he had been for a drink after work and then gone home, he said.
- He just carries on chewing gum for a second then they launch into another song.
- A second unit will then be set up in Edinburgh, most likely at the Western General Hospital.
- He fired once into the air, and then a second time, hitting James in the arm.
- We scored early in the second half and then life became very difficult for Northern Ireland.
Synonyms next, after that, afterwards, subsequently, later - 2.1 Also; in addition.
而且，另外；还有，再者 I'm paid a generous salary, and then there's the money I've made at the races 我得到了一份丰厚的薪水，此外还有我在赛马会上挣的钱。 Example sentencesExamples - I feel that I am in a really lucky position. I paint what I like on the street and then I have a studio where I can play around with different ideas and effects, the kind of things you could never do on the street.
- There are grievances, and then there are special grievances.
- And then I have a spring show to think about, too.
- Work is mad at the moment, and then there are exams to think about as well.
Synonyms in addition, also, besides, as well, additionally, on top of that, over and above that, moreover, furthermore, what's more, to boot
3In that case; therefore. 那么，那末；既然是那样；于是 if you do what I tell you, then there's nothing to worry about 你要是照我说的做，那就没什么好担心的。 既然是那样，那好吧。 Example sentencesExamples - If we do not increase their wages and salaries, then they will pack their bags and go.
- We're at home and as long as we keep playing and keep battling to the end as we have been doing then we should do okay.
- If you find that your salary barely pays off what you owe, then it's time to take some action.
- Furthermore, if they replaced the letter in the envelope then we would not know they had done so.
- If this is easy to recognise for what it is then okay, but if not its effect could be diminished.
- If we do not find a way of resolving the sins of the past then we are doomed to repeat them.
- If the brand has used direct marketing in the past, then an updated database should be available.
- If you really don't want to stay here, then okay, I'll call Dave and have him pick you up.
- If you have trained, you are in good condition and you acclimatise, then you should be okay.
- My friends, if a week is a long time in politics, then a year sometimes seems like a lifetime.
- If you thought the use of leeches in medicine was a thing of the past then think again.
- Is it any wonder, then, that we sometimes feel that we are living in a world on the edge of oblivion?
- If you don't want to reveal your salary or your expensive habits then now is the time to reconsider.
- We need to get into the top three at some stage and even if it is towards the end of the season then that is okay.
- Okay then - but is there at least a critique of capitalism that has a potential for replacing it?
- As long as I have the same equipment as the car beside me come race weekend then I am pretty happy.
- Therefore, if a person is caught with more, then he or she has to prove that it is not for supply.
- If not, then the child will probably need a statement and therefore requires an assessment.
- If breaking the laws of physics is necessary to get the plot of the movie to work, then okay.
- So much, then, for the adaptations and additions made both by Matthew and by Luke.
Synonyms in that case, that being the case, that being so, under those circumstances, it follows that - 3.1 Used at the end of a sentence to emphasize an inference being drawn.
用于句末表示推断这么说，那么说 so you're still here then 这么说你还待在这儿。 Example sentencesExamples - He will cling on to a remembrance of the good things he enjoyed at Celtic in the recent past, then.
- 3.2 Used to finish off a conversation.
用于谈话结束（那）…吧 一小时后见吧。 Example sentencesExamples - See you next week, then!
- He hugged me tightly and whispered, ‘So Ill see you in a week then?’
- See you there then!
- Till tomorrow then!
Phrases she made up her mind then and there Example sentencesExamples - Call me fussy and prudish, but I realised then and there that the relationship would not survive the evening.
- I decided then and there that, as far as relationships went, e-mail was just great.
- Will made up his mind then and there, that no matter what, he needed to keep himself alive.
- It was emotional for both of us, and we decided then and there to do what we could to help find a cure.
- I resolved then and there that I would fly one day in that magnificent plane.
- After many arguments, we decided to vote then and there for a new leader.
- Photographers and their clients can view and select images then and there.
- He informed me that all I had to do was complete a form right then and there, and I would be added to the voters' list.
- If there had been silence and a hint of awkward shifting, I would have stopped right then and there.
- He decided then and there that he was going to live on that beach one day.
Synonyms immediately, at once, straight away, right away, instantaneously, suddenly, abruptly, all of a sudden, on the instant, at a stroke, forthwith, then and there, there and then, here and now, that minute, this minute, that very minute, this very minute, that instant, this instant
OriginOld English thænne, thanne, thonne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dan and German dann, also to that and the. |