then
adv
1 (referring to past or future time 指過去或將來)
(a) at that time 當時; 那時; 其時; 屆時
We were living in Wales then. 我們那時住在威爾士.
I was still married to my first husband then. 我那時還是跟第一個丈夫保持著婚姻關系.
See you on Thursday we'll be able to discuss it then. 我們星期四見--到時就可以商量一下了.
Jackie Kennedy, as she then was, was still only in her twenties. 杰基?肯尼迪, 她當時叫這個名字, 還只不過二十多歲.
[attrib 作定語]
The then PrimeMinister took her husband with her on all her travels.當時的首相每次外出都與夫偕行.
(b) next; after that; afterwards 其後; 然後; 以後; 繼之
I'll have soup first and then the chicken. 我想先喝湯再吃雞.
The liquid turned green and then brown. 那液體先變成綠色, 又變成棕色了.
We had a week in Rome and then went to Vienna. 我們在羅馬呆了一個星期, 然後去的維也納.
(c) (used after a prep 用於介詞之後) that time 那時
From then on he refused to talk about it. 從那以後他就不再談這件事了.
We'll have to manage without a TV until then. 我們現在沒有電視也得將就著, 到時候就好了.
She'll have retired by then. 她到那時就要退休了. Cf 參看 now.
2 and also 還有; 而且: There are the vegetables to peel and the soup to heat. Then there's the table to lay and the wine to cool. 菜要擇, 湯要加熱. 還得擺上餐具, 把酒冰鎮一下.
I've sent cards to all my family. Then there's your family and the neighbours. 我已給我全家人都寄去了請帖. 還要給你家的人及鄰居們寄.
3 in that case; therefore 那麼; 因此
If it's not on the table then it will be in the drawer. 要是不在桌子上, 那就在抽屜里.
Offer to take him out for lunch, then (ie as a result of this) he'll feel in a better mood. 請他出去吃午飯, 那樣他心情就會好些.
He'll be looking for a new secretary then? 那麼, 他就要找個新秘書了?
4 (idm 習語) (but) then a`gain (used to introduce a contrasting piece of information 用以談起另一方面的情況)
He's clumsy and untidy but then again he's always willing to help. 他笨手笨腳的又邋遢; 可是話說回來, 他總是樂於助人. then and there => there and then (there).
?? 擴展釋義
*[een]ad. 然后, 當時conj. 然后, 當時n. 那時相關詞組: and then and then some but then there and then by then from then on since then till then