then

then
adverb

at that time; at the time in question
当时；那时
I was living in Cairo then.
那时我住在开罗。
[after prep.]Phoebe by then was exhausted.
菲比那时已经累坏了。
[as adj.]he accepted a peerage from the then Prime Minister, Edward Heath.
他接受了当时的首相爱德华• 希思授予他的贵族头衔。
after that; next; afterwards
然后，接着，后来
she won the first and then the second game.
她先赢了第一局，接着又赢了第二局比赛。
■also; in addition
而且，另外；还有，再者
I'm paid a generous salary, and then there's the money I've made at the races.
我得到了一份丰厚的薪水，此外还有我在赛马会上挣的钱。
in that case; therefore
那么，那末；既然是那样；于是
if you do what I tell you, then there's nothing to worry about.
你要是照我说的做，那就没什么好担心的。
well, that's okay then.
既然是那样，那好吧。
■used at the end of a sentence to emphasize an inference being drawn
［用于句末表示推断］这么说，那么说
so you're still here then.
这么说你还呆在这儿。
■used to finish off a conversation
［用于谈话结束］（那）…吧
see you in an hour then.
一小时后见吧。

常用词组
but then (again)

after all; on the other hand (introducing a contrasting comment)
另一方面，然而
it couldn't help, but then again, it probably couldn't hurt.
它没什么用，不过可能也没危害。

then and there

immediately
当场，立即

语源

Old English thænne, thanne, thonne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dan and German dann, also to that and the

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