when
英 [wen]
美[w?n]
- conj. 考慮到；既然；當…時；在…時；如果
- adv. 什么時候，何時；（用于時間的表達方式之后）在那時；其時；當時
- pron. 那時；什么時侯
- n. 時間，時候；日期；場合
CET4TEM4考研CET6高頻詞基本詞匯
中文詞源
when 什么時候
來自PIE*kwo,印歐語疑問代詞根，詞源同who,where,why,how.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.
- 踏入未知地帶最好的對策就是微笑。
來自美劇《凱莉日記》
- 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.
- 當生活很艱難，你想要放棄的時候，請記住，生活充滿了起起落落，如果沒有低谷，那站在高處也失去了意義。
來自
- 3. Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
- 好運就是當機會來臨時，你早已做好了準備。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 4. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你獨處時感到寂寞，說明沒有把自己陪好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 5. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
- 當你從內心深處找到一種可以忍受一切痛苦的堅強力量時，你的成長歷程就會出現飛躍。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句