ever用作副词,意为“曾经、以前、无论何时、总是”等.其用法比较灵活,现归纳如下: 一、用于一般疑问句,意为“曾经、这以前”现代汉语中一般不译出. Does she ever go out at night?她通常晚上外出吗? Have you ever been to Beijing?你曾去过北京吗? When you were working there,did you ever meet a foreigner?你在那里工作时曾见过外国人吗? 注意1.ever用于疑问句时,其答语中不用ever,若否定则用never.如:Have you ever heardthe song sung?Yes,Ihave.(No,Never.) 注意2.“Did you ever...?”有时单独使用或用于反问句,表“惊讶、愤怒、怀疑”等.如: Did you ever hear such nonsense?你真的听到过如此胡言乱语? Did you ever see the UFO?你还见到过飞碟? 二、用于否定句,意为“无论何时都不……,至今不曾……”. Nothing ever happens in the lonely vil-lage.这个遥远的小村子至今未出过事. We hardly ever go shopping there.我们至今未在那里买过东西. Ihave not ever been there alone.我从未单独去过那里. 注意:ever虽可与not连用,但通常习惯用never代替. 三、用于条件句,译为“曾经、有机会”. If you ever come to Beijing,please letme know.如果有机会来北京,请告诉我. If you ever have any problems,pleasecall me.你若有问题,请打电话. 四、与比较级连用,译为“以前、以往、任何时候”. It is raining hard than ever.雨下得比以前更大了. When she got the letter,she became an-grier than ever.拿到信时,她比以前更生气了. 五、与最高级连用,译为“空前、有史以来、从来没有”. Ithink she is the best actress ever.我认为她是至今最优秀的演员. This is the biggest harvest ever.这是空前未有的大丰收. 六、与疑问词连用,加强语气,译为“到底、究竟”. When(where)ever did you see the pan-da?你到底在什么时候(哪里)看见那只熊猫的? Who ever disagreed with you?究竟是谁不同意你? 七、口语中,用于带有be的疑问句加重语气,表感叹. Is she ever a beauty?她真漂亮! 上句可换为: Isn't she a beauty? What a beauty she is! 八、构成短语. 1.as...asever“照旧、依旧” Although she is old,she is as beautiful asever.她虽年纪大了,但风韵依旧. 2.as...as ever sb.can“尽可能……” Work as hard as ever you can!尽你最大努力工作! 上句可改为: Work as hard as possible. Work as hard as you can. 3.ever since“从……以后,一直” She has known me since she was a girl.她从孩子时候起,就认识我. She was born in 1989.Ever since she haslived there.她生于1989年,自那以后一直住在那里. 4.ever so+adj(adj)或ever such+n在口语中为“非常、很” The book is ever so interesting.这本书非常有趣. She is ever such a humourous writer.她是个很幽默的作家 |
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