when
- 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
中文詞源
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