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there and then

/then/US // ðɛn //UK // (ðɛn) //

随即,当下,然后,当年

Related Words

suddenly突然间,忽然间,忽然,突然again再次,再一次,又,又是later后来,以后,之后formerly以前是,以前的,以前,原先的next下一个,接下来,下一步,下一次thus因此,这样,因而so那么,所以,如此,因此anon一个人,一个人说,一个人说的thereupon随即,随之而来的,随之而来的是,随之when当,什么时候,当年all at once一下子,顿时,一下子就,一时之间at that point这时,到时,到时候,到那时before long未几,不久前,不久之后,不久后accordingly因此,据此,相应地consequently因此,结果是ergo尔后,尔戈hence因此,因而,所以whence从何而来,何以,何来,何处thence然后,然后是,接着,随后thenceforth从此以后,从今以后,此后,从此

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : at that time: Prices were lower then.
    • : immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again.
    • : next in order of time: We ate, then we started home.
    • : at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
    • : next in order of place: Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.
    • : in addition; besides; also: I love my job, and then it pays so well.
    • : in that case; as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.
    • : since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight then.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : that time: We have not been back since then. Till then, farewell.

Phrases

  • then again
  • then and there
  • and then some
  • every now and then

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ininstantly
Synonyms
directly直接,直接的,直接进行,直接地immediately立即,立即进行,立即执行,立即就instantaneously瞬间,即时,瞬时,瞬息万变right away马上就,马上,马上就有forthwith立刻,随即,立即,马上now现在,如今,目前pdqPDQat once顿时,顿时就,马上就,立刻就away离开了,离开,离开的时候,走了double-time双倍时间,双倍的时间,双时,双重时间first off第一关,首先是,首先in a flash瞬息之间,瞬息间,弹指之间,瞬息万变间instanter瞬间,瞬间即逝,瞬间完成,瞬间的on a dime一蹴而就,转眼间,一钱不值,一钱不花pronto立即行动,立即,瞬间right对,正确,权利,对的spontaneously自发地,自发的,自发,自发地进行straight away直接就,直接,直接的,直接就说this minute这一分钟,本分钟,这分钟,此刻tout de suite马上就,马上,马上就有without delay毫不迟疑地,毫不拖延地,毫不迟疑,毫不迟疑的

Examples

  • So then-President George H.W. Bush and other prominent Republicans endorsed Treen in the House runoff.

  • MIAMI — Fidel Castro seized power in January 1959 after waging a guerilla war against then-dictator Fulgencio Batista.

  • I gave statements to then-Captain Michael Sheffield on several different occasions.

  • The certification, which lasts three years, was renewed by then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in 2012.

  • We won an unprecedented pardon from then-President Karzai, and Gulnaz was freed.

  • England alone-then a comparatively weak and insignificant country-stood out against this overwhelming combination.

  • Do we not see that it is highly requisite that a sweet girl should be now-and-then drawn aside by him?

  • Have you now related all the conversation you had at that time with then-Vice President Johnson?

  • And what conversations, if any, did you have with then-Vice President Johnson?

  • Wouldst find the fair lady Fate chooses for you?Then search ye this line of wee pin-pricks clear through.

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