when
[wen]
adv.什么时候, 当 ... 时
conj.然后, 可是, 当 ... 时
pron.什么时候
n.时间
例句与用法:
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。
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?
It was the sort of morning when everything goes wrong.
那天上午就是那样,事事不顺心。
It was raining when we arrived.
我们到的时候正在下雨。
He was fond of drawing when he was a child.
他还是个孩子时就喜欢画画。
Turn off the switch when anything goes wrong with the machine.
如果机器出故障,就把开关关掉。
When did that happen?
那件事是什么时候发生的?
词形变化:
动词过去式: whelmed |
动词过去分词: whelmed |
动词现在分词: whelming |
动词第三人称单数: whelms |
ad.
1. (用作疑问副词)什么时候, 何时
I'd like to know when they'll let him out.
我想知道他们什么时候放他。
When did you last see Margaret?
你上一次见到玛格丽特是什么时候?
2. (用作关系副词, 引导关系从句)当……时
There were times when I didn't know what to do.
有些时候我不知道该怎么办才好。
conj.
1. 当……时
John got engaged to her when travelling last winter.
去年冬天旅行时, 约翰与她订了婚。
Don't get excited when you talk.
你说话时别激动。
2. 既然, 考虑到
How can he get the promotion when his boss dislikes him?
既然上司不喜欢他, 那他怎么会获得提升呢?
3. 虽然, 然而
I had only fifteen dollars on me when the book I wanted cost twenty.
我身上只带了十五美元, 可是我想买的那本书定价二十美元。
4. 在那时, 然后
pron.
什么时候, 那时
Since when has she taught here?
她从什么时候开始在这儿教书的?
n.
(事件发生的)时间[the S]
when
■I bowed out five years ago when I was sixty.
5年前,当我60岁时就退休了。
■Don't give away to the public when we will start.
不要向公众泄露我们出发的日期。
■Don't cling to the kerb when you're driving.
不要紧贴路边开车。
■He left when the band began to beat out pop music.
乐队一奏起流行音乐他就走了。
■It's best to allow for shrinkage when buying cotton clothes.
买棉布衣服时最好考虑到它们的缩水率。
■She tends to over-react when things go wrong.
事情一有差错她往往反应过激。
■Henry is nowhere when it comes to the race for class president.
亨利在竞选级长中被远远抛在后面。
■People become uninhibited when they drink.
人一喝酒就会变得肆无忌惮。
■People get rude and whiny when they are exhausted.
人们在精疲力竭的时候会变得粗野,爱发牢骚。
■People use maggots as bait when they go fishing.
人们钓鱼时用蛆作钓饵。
■It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
人在紧张的时候很难泰然自若。
■Tennis loses its relish when one gets old.
人老了就觉得打网球没意思了。
■He have scarcely get home when the telephone ring.
他一回到家电话铃就响了起来。
■He had hardly seen me when he ran off.
他一看到我就跑掉了。
■He stammers when he feels nervous.
他一紧张就结巴。
■I switch off when he starts talking about cars.
他一谈起汽车我就厌烦。
■He gets so wound up when he's arguing.
他一辩论起来就十分激动。
■Did they tell you when to start out?
他们告没告诉你什么时候出发?
■They wanted to know when you would go to the park.
他们想知道你们什么时候去公园。
■He had only been in for 10 minutes when Jones bowled him out.
他击球才十分钟就被琼斯投球杀出局。
■Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.
他刚刚到达就不得不又离开。
■His hair became gray when he was only forty.
他刚刚四十岁时,头发就变得灰白了。
■He is unbearable when he's in a bad temper.
他发脾气时让人无法忍受。
■He raised Cain when he found he had been cheated.
他发觉受骗而勃然大怒。
■He was beaten out with fatigue when he got home.
他回到家里时已是疲惫不堪。
■He reverted to smoking when under stress.
他因受到压力又恢复了吸烟的习惯。
■He gave in when he was threatened with torture.
他在受到严刑威胁时投降了。
■He always latch on to me when he see me at a party.
他在聚会上一看见我就总是缠著我。
■He's of an age when he ought to settle down.
他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。
■He was a tumbler when he was young.
他年轻时是杂技演员。
■She sat to many famous painters when she was young.
他年轻时给许多著名画家当过模特。
■He's in his element when playing badminton.
他打起羽毛球来真是得心应手。
■He got engaged to her when working in Xian.
他是在西安工作时和她订婚的。
■I'll be around when he is pushing up daisies.
他死后入了土,我还会活着。
■The fire blazed up when he poured petrol on it.
他浇上汽油火就熊熊地燃烧起来了。
■He becomes inarticulate when angry.
他生气时,会说不出话来。
■He was only eight when he ascended the throne.
他登上王位时才八岁。
■He doubled up when he was struck in the belly.
他的肚子被击中时,他痛得蹲了下来。
■All his hopes came to naught when he failed the exam.
他考试不及格,所有的希望都化为泡影了。
■He was told to have an eye to when the oil ran out.
他被告知得注意着石油何时用完。
■She blushed when he scolded her.
他责备她时,她脸红了。
■His bottom waggle in a funny way when he walk.
他走路时臀部扭来扭去,很可笑。
■He was fond of drawing when he was a child.
他还是个孩子时就喜欢画画。
■I was paging through a magazine when he came in.
他进来时我在翻阅一本杂志。
■He always swears and blasphemes when he's drunk.
他酒醉后总是骂骂咧咧亵渎神灵。
■It seems that matter is lost when fuels burn.
似乎燃料燃烧时物质就消失了。
■A bicycle is a real boon when you live in a small town.
住在小城镇上,有辆自行车确实极为方便。
■When did you begin learning English?
你何时开始学习英语的?
■Have the train arrive when you get to the station?
你到车站时火车已经来了吗?
■Come in when you hear the buzzer.
你听到蜂音电铃声就进来。