ago
- adv.(与动词简单过去时连用)以前
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ADV 以前
You use ago when you are referring to past time. For example, if something happened one year ago, it is one year since it happened. If it happened a long time ago, it is a long time since it happened.He was killed a few days ago in a skiing accident...
几天前他在一场滑雪事故中丧生。
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ago仅用于谈及现在某个时间以前的时间。如果谈论过去某时间之前的时间，则用before或previously：He had died a month before（他一个月之前就死了），She had rented the flat some fourteen months previously（她大约14个月前租下了该公寓）。for用于表示过去、现在或将来持续的某段时间，或表示某事多长时间没有发生：She slept for eight hours (她睡了8个小时），He will be away for three weeks（他将离开3个星期），I hadn't seen him for four years (我有4年没见过他了）。表示某段时间开始用since：She has been with the group since it began（该集团创立之初她就在那儿工作），the first civilian president since the coup 17 years ago（自17年前发生政变以来的第一任平民总统）。since也可表示某事最后一次发生的时间或某事多长时间没有发生：She hadn't eaten since breakfast（她早饭后就一直没吃过东西），It was a long time since she had been to church（她已经有很长时间没去教堂了）。
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Her parents died a long time ago .
她的父母很早以前就去世了。
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It was on TV not long ago .
电视不久以前播出了这个节目。
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Just a few years ago the picture was very different .
几年前的情况就大不相同。
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I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago .
我过去抽烟，但两年前就戒了。
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She gave up teaching three years ago .
三年前，她放弃了教学工作。
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The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago .
现在的价格比两年前提高约一半。
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Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country .
就在两年前，他还是全国最优秀的运动员呢。
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She died ten years ago but her memory lives on .
她十年前就去世了，但她却留在人们的记忆中。
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We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago .
我们几天前才得知新教师是谁。
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She adheres to teaching methods she learned over 30 years ago .
她依循她30多年前所学的教学法教学。
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Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago .
与40年前相比，卫生保健的水平得到了极大提高。
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We went there a couple of years ago .
我们几年前去过那里。
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Martha graduated from high school two years ago .
玛莎两年前高中毕业。
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South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago .
南美洲和非洲于2亿年前分离。
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South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago .
2亿年前南美洲和非洲分离。
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The country gained its independence ten years ago .
这个国家十年前赢得了独立。
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She joined the company three months ago .
她三个月前进了这家公司。
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How long ago did you buy it ?
这东西你是多久以前买的？
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He stopped working some time ago .
他早就停止工作了。
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The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago .
这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。
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I used to smoke , but I gave up a couple of years ago .
我以前抽烟，但几年前就戒掉了。
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You 're out of luck ─ she left ten minutes ago .
你真不走运——她十分钟前才离开。
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The letter came a few days ago .
这封信是几天前寄来的。
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She was hired three years ago .
她是三年前录用的。
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We were divorced two years ago and she has since remarried .
我们两年前离了婚，之后她又再婚了。
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It happened almost exactly a year ago .
这事情发生差不多正好一年了。
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The house was pulled down long ago .
那栋房子很久以前就被拆掉了。
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Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago .
当今的工作比十年前要不稳固得多。
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I just saw him a moment ago .
我刚才还见到过他。
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There 's no point wailing about something that happened so long ago .
事情早已发生，痛哭流涕也于事无补。
指从现在起往前推算一段时间，通常和一般过去时的动词连用。
He left a moment ago.
他刚走。
There was a pond here three years ago.
3年前，这里有一个池塘。
指过去某时间之前的时间或泛指以前，通常与动词的现在完成时连用，有时也可与动词的过去完成时或一般过去时连用，也可用于具体的一段时间；在间接引语中用 before 而不用 ago。
Have you heard about it before?
你过去听说过这件事吗？
I have never met him before.
我以前从未见过他。
He said that he had met the man somewhere before.
他说他以前在什么地方见过这个人。
He was in Italy the week before.
他前一个星期在意大利。
泛指以前，有时常用于对比。
Formerly, Ted often lingered around a park, with nothing to do.
从前，特德时常在公园里闲逛，无所事事。
He was formerly a worker, but now he is a manager of a shop.
他曾经是个工人，可现在他是一家商店的经理。
与 before 用法相同，但更加正式。
I haven't met him previously.
我以前没有见过他。
She previously worked as a teacher.
她过去当过教师。
Six months previously he had quitted his job.
6个月前他辞职了。
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