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when

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汉语翻译

conj. 当...的时候
ad. 何时, 什么时候
pron. 什么时侯
n. 时间

when词意辨析

when, while, as
这些连词均可表示“当……时”引出时间从句。
when: 所引导的从句,其谓语动词既可是持续动词,也可是短暂动词;谓语动词动作发生的时间可以与主句谓语动词的动作是同时,或之前、之后。
while: 句中的谓语动词应为持续动词,不用短暂动词,谓语动作发生的时间通常与主句谓语动词动作发生时间是同时。
as: 侧重指从句与主句的动作同时进行,谓语动词可以是持续性的,可以是短暂性动词。

when例句

  1. The Queen's last visit was in May, when she opened the new hospital.
    女王上次来访是在五月份,她那时主持了这座医院的落成典礼。
  2. How can they learn anything when they spend all their spare time watching television?
    他们把所有的空闲时间都用来看电视了,还能学什麽东西呢?
  3. It was the sort of morning when everything goes wrong.
    那天上午就是那样,事事不顺心。
  4. It was raining when we arrived.
    我们到的时候正在下雨。
  5. He was fond of drawing when he was a child.
    他还是个孩子时就喜欢画画。
  6. Turn off the switch when anything goes wrong with the machine.
    如果机器出故障,就把开关关掉。
  7. When did that happen?
    那件事是什么时候发生的?

when详细解释

when

adv.(副词)
At what time:
什么时候:
例句:
When will we leaveô
我们什么时候离开ô

conj.(连接词)
At the time that:
在…的时候:
例句:
in the spring, when the snow melts.
在春天,当雪融化的时候

As soon as:
一…就…:
例句:
I`ll call you when I get there.
我一到那里就给你打电话

Whenever:
无论什么时候:
例句:
When the wind blows, all the doors rattle.
只要风一吹,这门就吱嘎作响

During the time at which; while:
在…期间,当…时:
例句:
When I was young, I was sick all the time.
在我小时候我总是生病

Whereas; although:
虽然,尽管:
例句:
She stopped short when she ought to have continued.
尽管她应该继续下去,她却突然停住了

Considering that; if:
考虑到,如果:
例句:
How can he get good grades when he won`t studyô
他不用功的话怎么拿高分呢ô

pron.(代词)
What or which time:
什么时候:
例句:
Since when has this been going onô
从什么时候起事情象这样ô

n.(名词)
The time or date:
时间或日期:
例句:
Have they decided the where and whenô
他们已经定下来地点和时间了吗ô

来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English hwenne * see k wo-
源自 古英语 hwenne *参见 k wo-

In informal stylewhen is often used after be in definitions: A dilemma is when you don`t know which way to turn. The construction is useful,but it is widely regarded as incorrect or as unsuitable for formal discourse.In formal style there is no alternative but to rephrase such definitions to avoidis when : A dilemma is a situation in which you don`t know which way to turn. You are in a dilemma when you don`t know which way to turn.
在非正式文体中when 常在定义中用在 be 后面: 进退两难就是当你不知道该走哪条路的时候。 这个结构是有用的,但被广泛认为它对正式交谈来说是不正确的或者是不合适的。在正式文体中没有替代词,只能改变措辞以避免is when进退两难就是这样一个你不知道该怎么办的处境。 当你不知道你该做什么时你就处于进退两难的维谷了

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