ago

[əˈgəʊ]
  • adv.

    以前;过去的;之前;


  • 词义辨析

    ago, before

    这两个词都可表示“从前”。它们的区别是:
    1.ago一般只作副词; 而before除作副词外,还可用作连词、介词。
    2.ago总是与表示时间的名词或形容词连用,不单独使用; 而before可以单独使用。
    3.ago用于从现在算起的某段时间从前,和一般过去时连用,不用现在完成时。而before用于从过去某时起若干时间以前的场合,动词需用过去完成时。例如:
    I left school three years ago.
    我三年前离开了学校。
    He said he had finished the job three days before.
    他说他在三天前就完成了这项工作。
    I told you before.
    我以前告诉过你。
    以前我从来未见过那本书。
    [误] I never saw that book ago.
    [正] I never saw that book before.

    ago, for

    这两个词都表示时间。但含义不同:ago说明某事发生在过去的某一时间,而for则指动作或状态延续了多长时间。试比较:
    The old woman died two days ago.
    那老太太两天前去世了。
    The old woman was ill for three years before she died.
    那老太太病了三年后,去世了。

    ago, early

    两者都可表达“某时之前若干时间”。它们的区别在于:如果是从现在起向过去推算,用表示时间度量的短语加ago,并与动词的一般过去时连用; 如果表示从过去时刻向更深远的过去推算,则用earlier,并常与动词的过去完成时连用。例如:
    Stirring scene from the film still sticks in my mind, though I saw it several years ago.虽然这部影片我是几年前看的,但那激动人心的场面仍然印在我的脑海里。
    Four days earlier his foot had been bitten by a poisonous snake.4天前他的脚被毒蛇咬了一下。

    ago,before

    这两个副词都含“……以前”之意。
    ago指从现在起往前推算一段时间,始终置于所修饰的词之后,与一般过去时连用。
    before或指从过去某一时间起向前推算的若干时间的以前,通常与过去完成时连用;或泛指以前,并不具体指若干时间以前,可使用现在完成的或过去时;还可指从将来某一时间起的若干时间以前。

  • 双语例句
1、

She first appeared on the screen ten years ago.

十年前,她第一次出现在银幕上.

——《简明英汉词典》

2、

New methods of production were employed a few years ago.

新的生产方法几年前曾使用过.

——《简明英汉词典》

3、

A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea.

一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法.

——《简明英汉词典》

4、

Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.

两百年前拳击比赛在英国就很盛行.

——《用法词典》

5、

The two parties reached a secret agreement long ago.

双方早有默契.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

6、

The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.

这个工厂二十年前就废弃了。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

7、

The original proposal had been mothballed years ago.

最初的建议几年前就束之高阁了。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

8、

They forced her off her homeland many years ago.

许多年前他们迫使她离开了她的家乡.

——《简明英汉词典》

9、

He lost his youth a long time ago.

他早已失去了青春活力.

——《简明英汉词典》

10、

Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.

那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制.

——《简明英汉词典》

11、

She died about two years ago.

她大约在两年前就死了.

——《简明英汉词典》

12、

The family left town three years ago but moved back last week.

那家人三年前搬出了城,上星期又搬回来了.

——《简明英汉词典》

13、

Is the same chairman still knocking around? I thought he had left years ago.

这位主席还活着? 我还以为他多年前就死了呢.

——《简明英汉词典》

14、

I met him half an hour ago.

我半小时前碰到他.

——《简明英汉词典》

15、

I have a very sharp recollection of my last talk with him two years ago.

两年前我和他最后一次谈话的情景仍历历在目.

——《简明英汉词典》

16、

Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends.

五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益.

——《简明英汉词典》

17、

The pair of lions which were found five years ago were metallic.

这对五年前发现的狮子是金属制的.

——《简明英汉词典》

18、

Some old people always hark back to how things were 30 years ago.

有些老年人老是喜欢重提三十年前的状况.

——《简明英汉词典》

19、

Your story calls to mind something that happened to me a year ago.

你的故事使我想起一年前的事.

——《简明英汉词典》

20、

A year ago he had a blood clot removed from his brain.

他脑内的血块一年前被取出了.

——《简明英汉词典》

21、

She managed a clothes shop two years ago.

两年前她开了一家服装店.

——《简明英汉词典》

22、

Their church tells them it's wrong and, in fact, excommunicated Green years ago.

他们的教会告诉他们这是错误的, 而事实上, 多年前就把格林逐出了教会.

——《简明英汉词典》

23、

A century ago, eastern Germany was an agricultural hinterland.

一个世纪前, 德国东部是个农业的内陆地区.

——《简明英汉词典》

24、

That was a great while ago.

那是很久以前的事了.

——《简明英汉词典》

25、

I saw him very much in the flesh only half an hour ago.

我在半小时以前还看见他活生生的.

——《简明英汉词典》

26、

The business was acquired from Orion four years ago.

这铺子是4年前从列昂那儿买来的.

——《简明英汉词典》

27、

The girl has grown prettier than ever since I saw her a year ago.

一年不见,小姑娘出落得更漂亮了.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

28、

A certain number of years ago, this place was still a little fishing village.

若干年前, 这里还是一个小渔村.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

29、

He moved out long ago.

他早就搬走了.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

30、

As it happened so many years ago, I don't remember the details.

因为年岁久远, 当时的具体情况已记不清了.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

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