单词
when
英 [wen]
美[w?n]
基本信息
- conj. 考虑到；既然；当…时；在…时；如果
- adv. 什么时候，何时；（用于时间的表达方式之后）在那时；其时；当时
- pron. 那时；什么时侯
- n. 时间，时候；日期；场合
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中文词源
when 什么时候
来自PIE*kwo,印欧语疑问代词根，词源同who,where,why,how.
英文词源
- when
- when: [OE] When was formed from the ancient interrogative base *qwo- (source also of English what, who, etc) and a nasal suffix which also appears in then. From the same ancestor, but with an additional dental suffix, came Latin quando ‘when’, source of English quandary.
=> quandary - when (adv.)
- Old English hw?nne, hwenne, hwonne, from Proto-Germanic *hwan- (cognates: Old Saxon hwan, Old Frisian hwenne, Middle Dutch wan, Old High German hwanne, German wann "when," wenn "if, whenever"), from pronominal stem *hwa-, from PIE interrogative base *kwo- (see who). Equivalent to Latin quom, cum. As a conjunction in late Old English. Say when "tell me when to stop pouring you this drink" is from 1889.
双语例句
- 1. The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.
- 踏入未知地带最好的对策就是微笑。
来自美剧《凯莉日记》
- 2. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
- 当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。
来自
- 3. Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
- 好运就是当机会来临时，你早已做好了准备。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 4. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你独处时感到寂寞，说明没有把自己陪好。
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- 5. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
- 当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。
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