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[英] [hwen] [美] [hwɛn, wɛn] 生词本

adv.

conj.

pron.

n.

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1. QUEST (用于疑问句)什么时候,何时 You use when to ask questions about the time at which things happen. 
  • When are you going home?...

    你什么时候回家?

  • When did you get married?...

    你什么时候结的婚?

  • When is the press conference?...

    记者招待会何时举行?

2. CONJ-SUBORD (表示两事同时发生)在…时,当…时 If something happens when something else is happening, the two things are happening at the same time. 
  • When eating a whole cooked fish, you should never turn it over to get at the flesh on the other side...

    吃一整条鱼时,切忌把它翻过来去吃另一面的肉。

  • Mustard is grown in the field when weeds are there, rather than when the growing crops are there.

    芥菜要在地里长杂草而不是长庄稼时种植。

3. CONJ-SUBORD (引导从句,表示某事发生于另一活动、事件或情形期间)在…的过程中 You use when to introduce a clause in which you mention something which happens at some point during an activity, event, or situation. 
  • When I met the Gills, I had been gardening for nearly ten years.

    遇到吉尔一家时我已经做了近10年的园艺工作。

4. CONJ-SUBORD (引导从句,说明主句动作已经发生或将要发生时的情况)其时 You use when to introduce a clause where you mention the circumstances under which the event in the main clause happened or will happen. 
  • When he brought Imelda her drink she gave him a genuine, sweet smile of thanks...

    当他把饮料拿给艾梅尔达时,她真诚而甜美地向他微笑以示感谢。

  • I'll start to think about it when I have to write my report.

    我要写报告时会对此予以考虑的。

5. CONJ-SUBORD (尤用于动词和形容词后引导从句,表示某事发生的时间)什么时候,何时 You use when after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you mention the time at which something happens. 
  • I asked him when he'd be back to pick me up...

    我问他什么时候回来接我。

  • I don't know when the decision was made...

    我不知道决定是什么时候作出的。

  • It is important to check when the laboratory can do the tests.

    核实一下实验室何时可以进行这些测试是很重要的。

6. PRON-REL (用于引导从句,限定或指示某事发生的时间)…的时候 You use when to introduce a clause which specifies or refers to the time at which something happens. 
  • He could remember a time when he had worked like that himself...

    他还能记得自己一度工作起来也是那个样子。

  • She remembered clearly that day when she'd gone exploring the rockpools...

    她清楚地记得她去岩石区潮水潭探险的那天。

  • In 1973, when he lived in Rome, his sixteen-year-old son was kidnapped.

    1973年他在罗马居住时,他16岁的儿子遭到了绑架。

7. CONJ-SUBORD (用于引出某个观点、评论或问题的原因)既然,考虑到 You use when to introduce the reason for an opinion, comment, or question. 
  • How can I love myself when I look like this?...

    我这个样子,怎么能对自己满意呢?

  • Emerald starlings are fairly small when compared with other such birds.

    与同类的其他鸟相比,翠辉椋鸟要小很多。

8. CONJ-SUBORD (用于引出使句子的其他部分显得让人吃惊或不大可能的事实或评论)虽然,然而,可是 You use when in order to introduce a fact or comment which makes the other part of the sentence rather surprising or unlikely. 
  • Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, when all we really wanted to do was to make a mess...

    我们的母亲让我们坐下来读书和画画,而我们真正想做的却是打打闹闹。

  • The temperature sensor is making the computer think the engine is cold when, in fact, it's hot.

    温度传感器发给计算机的信息为发动机是冷却的,可实际上它的温度很高。

Adverb

1. as soon as;

  • "once we are home, we can rest"
1. A lie is as much a lie,when it is whispered or when it is proclaimed at the market cross.
不管是小声低语还是在市场门口大声叫喊,谎言终归是谎言。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high.
大丈夫能屈能伸。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. An overdraft results when a note discounted at a bank is not met when due.
银行贴现的支票到期而未能支付就成为透支。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Eggs are cheap when they are plentiful and they are dear when they are scare.
鸡蛋多了就便宜,少了就贵。

来自《用法词典》

5. Experience teachs me that whatever a fellow-guest may have of power to instruct or to amuse when he is sitting in a chair, or standing on a hearth-rug, quickly leaves him when he takes one out for a walk.
经验告诉我们,无论哪一个与我一同作客的人,当他坐在椅子里或站在炉前地毯上的时候,他可能具有教导或逗乐的精力;当他陪别人出去散步的时候,他的这种精力很快就不见了。

来自《用法词典》

6. Fight when you can win, move away when you can't.
打得赢就打,打不赢就走。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. Objects expand when heated and contract when cooled.
物体热则涨,冷则缩。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. The boss caught me on the wrong foot when he asked where I was yesterday when I should have been at work.
老板问我昨天上班时到哪里去时使我措手不及。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. The fox mourns over the death of the hare, and so animals grieve for their kind.; Like mourns over the death of like.; When a rabbit dies his kind, even though it be a fox, weeps.; When the hare dies, the fox mourns.
兔死狐悲,物伤其类。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. These lines make far more sense when declaimed than when simply read out.
这些台词用朗诵比起单纯的读效果要好得多。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. They knew when to attack and when to retreat.
他们知道什么时候进攻和什么时候撤退。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. When a melon is ripe, it falls off its stem. -- Things will be easily settled when conditions are ripe.
瓜熟蒂落。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13. When a son is grown he takes a wife, and when a girl is old enough she goes to her husband. And that is right and proper.
男大当婚, 女大当嫁,古今常理。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14. When all birds are shot, the bow will be set aside;when all hares are killed, the hounds will be stewed and eaten -- kick out sb. after his services are no longer needed.
鸟尽弓藏,兔死狗烹。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15. When did that happen?; When was that?
这是多咱的事?

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16. When does the school open again?; When will the school reopen?
什么时候开学?

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17. When the conditions exist, go ahead; when they don't exist, then create them and go ahead.
有条件要上, 没有条件,创造条件也要上。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.; When the boss falls from power, his lackeys disperse.
树倒猢狲散。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19. When there is solar halo,it will rain;when there is lunar halo,it will blow.
日晕而雨,月晕而风。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. When you turn on a transistorized radio, the sound comes on immediately; when you turn off, it fades out gradually.
你打开晶体管收音机,立刻就有声音,当你关掉它时,声音渐渐消失。

来自《简明英汉词典》