ever

ever
['ɛvə(r)]
adv
1) (at any time) 从来 [cónglái]

Neither of us has ever been to Japan. — 我们俩都从来没去过日本。

I forbid you ever to use that word! — 我不允许你在任何时候用那个字眼!

2) (always) 总是 [zǒngshì]

Ever hopeful, he continued to apply for jobs. — 他总是满怀希望,又继续申请工作了。

* have you ever seen it/been there etc? — 你曾经见过它/去过那儿吗?

* ever since — (adv) 从...以来

We have been friends ever since. — 我们从那时以来一直是朋友。; (conj) 自从 [zìcóng]

Jack has loved trains ever since he was a boy. — 杰克自小就喜爱火车。

* why ever not? — 究竟为什么不呢?

* who ever would do such a thing? — 究竟谁会做这样的事?

* the best ever — 迄今最佳

* hardly ever — 几乎从不

* better than ever — 前所未有的好

* she's ever so pretty — (BRIT: inf) 她非常漂亮

* I like him ever so much. — (BRIT: inf) 我很喜欢他。

* he's ever such a good dancer — (BRIT: inf) 他跳舞跳得很好

* thank you ever so much — 非常感谢你

* yours ever — (BRIT: o.f.) (in letters) 你永久的朋友

* as ever — 照常


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