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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