then
adverb /ðen/
/ðen/
Idioms - used to refer to a particular time in the past or future
（指过去）当时，那时；（指将来）到那时，届时 - Life was harder then because neither of us had a job.
那时生活比较艰苦，因为我俩都没有工作。 - Things were very different back then.
以前那个时候情况大不相同。 - She grew up in Zimbabwe, or Rhodesia as it then was.
她在津巴布韦长大，当时该地叫罗得西亚。 - I saw them at Christmas but haven't heard a thing since then.
我在圣诞节见到过他们，但之后没听到过什么消息。 - I've been invited too, so I'll see you then.
我也接到邀请，我们到那时见。 - There's a room free in Bob's house next week but you can stay with us until then.
下星期鲍勃家会空出一个房间，不过在那之前你可以和我们住在一起。 - Call again next week. They should have reached a decision by then.
下星期再来电话。到那时他们应该已作出决定了。 - Just then (= at that moment) there was a knock at the door.
就在那时有人敲门了。 - She left in 1984 and from then on he lived alone.
她于 1984 年离去，从那时起他便独自一人生活。 - I took one look at the car and offered to buy it there and then/then and there (= immediately).
我只看了那辆汽车一眼，就当即表示要买下来。 - Her voice sounded raspy, and it was then that she realized how thirsty she was.
她的声音听起来刺耳，就在这时，她意识到自己有多渴。
- Life was harder then because neither of us had a job.
- used to introduce the next item in a series of actions, events, instructions, etc.
然后；接着；其后；后来 - He drank a glass of whisky, then another and then another.
他喝了杯威士忌，接着又喝了一杯，然后又喝了一杯。 - First cook the onions, then add the mushrooms.
先炒洋葱，然后放进蘑菇。 - We lived in France and then Italy before coming back to England.
我们在返回英格兰之前，先住在法国，后来住在意大利。 - I took a week's vacation, then went back to Ohio.
我休了一个星期的假，然后回了俄亥俄州。
Language Bank processprocessDescribing a process描述过程 - This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagram shows how paper is made.
这个图说明了造纸的过程。
- This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagram shows how paper is made.
- First/First of all, logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.
首先，原木被运送到造纸厂，在那里去掉树皮，然后被切成木片。
- First/First of all, logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.
- Next/Second, the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.
接下来，用化学品或磨浆机把木片化成浆。
- Next/Second, the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.
- Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables/allows the natural oils to be removed.
制浆过程使木材的内部结构分解，从而去除木材里的天然油。
- Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables/allows the natural oils to be removed.
- Once/After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleached in order to remove impurities. /…is bleached so that impurities can be removed.
木材制成浆后，将其漂白以去除杂质。
- Once/After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleached in order to remove impurities. /…is bleached so that impurities can be removed.
- The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with water and then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.
下一步便是将纸浆送入制纸机，与水混合后再倒入金属传送带。
- The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with water and then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.
- As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away. This causes the solid material to sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.
当纸浆沿传送带传送时，水分蒸发，使得固体物质沉到底部，形成一层纸。
- As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away. This causes the solid material to sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.
- At this point the new paper is still wet, so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water and simultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paper at the same time.
这时，新出的纸仍然是湿的，故让其经过几个巨大的热滚筒，挤压脱水并同时烘干。
- At this point the new paper is still wet, so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water and simultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paper at the same time.
- The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally, the paper is wound onto large rolls.
最后一步是将纸卷在巨大的卷轴上。
- The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally, the paper is wound onto large rolls.
- He drank a glass of whisky, then another and then another.
- used to show the logical result of a particular statement or situation
那么；因此；既然如此 - If you miss that train then you'll have to get a taxi.
如果你错过那趟火车，那就得坐出租汽车。 - ‘My wife's got a job in Glasgow.’ ‘I take it you'll be moving, then.’
“我妻子在格拉斯哥找了份工作。” “既然如此，我想你要搬家了。” - ‘You haven't done anything to upset me.’ ‘So what's wrong, then?’
“你没有做使我烦心的事。” “那你是怎么啦？” - Why don't you hire a car? Then you'll be able to visit more of the area.
你怎么不租辆汽车？那样的话，你可以多参观些地方。
- If you miss that train then you'll have to get a taxi.
- used to introduce additional information
另外；还有；再者；而且 - She's been very busy at work and then there was all that trouble with her son.
她工作一直很忙，另外还有儿子的一大堆麻烦事。
- She's been very busy at work and then there was all that trouble with her son.
- (formal) used to introduce a summary of something that has just been said
总之 - These, then, are the main areas of concern.
总之，这些是人们主要关注的方面。
- These, then, are the main areas of concern.
- used to show the beginning or end of a conversation, statement, etc.
（表示交谈、陈述等的开始或结束）那么 - Right then, where do you want the table to go?
那好吧，你要把桌子放在哪里呢？ - ‘I really have to go.’ ‘OK. Bye, then.’
“我真该走了。” “好，那就再见吧。” - OK then, I think we've just about covered everything on the agenda.
就这样吧，我想我们几乎已把议程上所有的事项都讨论过了。
- Right then, where do you want the table to go?
词源Old English thænne, thanne, thonne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dan and German dann, also to that and the.
Idioms
…and then some
- (informal) used to emphasize the large amount or number of something, and to say that you have not mentioned everything
而且还要多；而且远不只这些 - There are Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Thai restaurants… and then some!
有印度、中国、墨西哥、泰国餐馆…，而且还有很多其他国家的餐馆！
- There are Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Thai restaurants… and then some!
but then | then again | but then again
- (informal) used to introduce additional information or information that contrasts with something that has just been said
（引出另外情况或相对照的情况）不过，可是话又说回来了 - She was early, but then again, she always is.
她到得早，不过话又说回来了，她总是早到。 - ‘So you might accept their offer?’ ‘Yes, then again I might not.’
“这么说你也许会接受他们的提议了？” “是的，不过也可能不接受。”
- She was early, but then again, she always is.
(every) now and again/then
- from time to time; occasionally
有时；偶尔；时常 - Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.
她隔一会儿就看看他是否还在睡觉。
- Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.
(every) now and then/again
- from time to time; occasionally
有时；偶尔；时常 - Every now and then she checked to see if he was still asleep.
她不时地查看他是否还在睡觉。
- Every now and then she checked to see if he was still asleep.
now then
- (also now, now)used to show in a mild way that you do not approve of something
（表示交谈、陈述等的开始或结束）那么 - used when making a suggestion or an offer
（提出建议或提供帮助）喂，听我说 - Now then, who wants to come for a walk?
喂，谁想出去走走？
- Now then, who wants to come for a walk?