单词 | ever |
释义 | ever 12 ENTRIES FOUND: Learner's definition of EVER 1 : at any time曾经;(以往)任何时候
2 formal : at all times总是;一直;始终
3 : to a greater degree更加
4 — used after words like where, who, how, and why to make a question more forceful究竟,到底(用在where、who、how和why等词后加强疑问句语气)
5 US, informal — used to give stress to what follows非常,很,确实,的确(用于强调ever后面的内容)
as ever : as has always been true : as usual一直;照常;依旧
ever afterold-fashioned : from that time forward从此
◊ Fairy tales sometimes end by saying that the characters in the story lived happily ever after.从此过着幸福的生活(童话故事有时以此作为结尾)
◊ The phrase live happily ever after is also used to describe real people who are being compared in some way to characters in a fairy tale.*live happily ever after也用于描述被比作童话人物的真实人物。
ever and anonold-fashioned + literary : at different times : now and then时时;不时
ever since 1 : continually or often from a past time until now从那时起;自那以后
2 : continually from the time in the past when : since自…以后;从…以来
ever soinformal : very非常;十分
ever suchchiefly British, informal — used as a more forceful way to say “such”非常,很,确实,的确(用于加强such的语气)
for ever (and ever)hardly/scarcely ever : almost never : rarely几乎不;很少
never everinformal — used especially in speech as a more forceful way to say “never”永远不,绝不(尤用于口语中加强never的语气)
rarely/seldom ever : almost never : rarely几乎不;很少
◊ Some people regard rarely ever and seldom ever as incorrect, but these phrase are common in speech and in informal writing.一些人认为rarely ever和seldom ever是不正确用法,但这些短语在口语和非正式的书面语中十分普遍。 rarely/seldom if ever — used as a more forceful way to say “rarely” or “seldom”很少,几乎不(用于加强rarely或seldom的语气)
◊ Rarely if ever and seldom if ever can be written both with or without commas*rarely if ever和seldom if ever书写时既可用逗号分隔,也可连在一起。
Yours everBritish or Ever yours — used as a way to end an informal letter你的永远的朋友(用作非正式信件的结尾)
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