[ ðen ] adv., 1.〔指过去或未来的一个特定时间〕那时，当时。 2.〔表示顺序〕(a) 〔时间〕然后，其次。(b) 〔序列〕此外，加上，加之，而且。 (c)〔推理〕既然这样，那么；因此。 短语和例子 Things were different then. 那时一切都和现在不同。 First comes spring, then summer. 先到的是春天，然后是夏天。 And then she had such a fine head of hair. 而且她有一头非常美丽的头发。 T- it is useless to go on. 那么继续下去也没用。 Let's begin, then. 那么，咱们就开始吧。 but then 但是；但是另一方面。 now ... then ... 有时…有时…。 now then〔抗议、警告〕可是，喂! (Now then, a little less noise there. 喂喂，静一点!Now then, what are you doing? 慢着，你在干什么呢？Now then, don't hit me in the eye! 当心，别打着我的眼睛)。 then and not till then 那时候才开始。 then and there＝there and then 当时，当场。 即时。 well then 既然这样。 what then [then what] (下一步)怎么办，又怎么样呢。 adj. 当时的。 the then conditions 当时的情况。 the then ruler 当时的统治者。 n. 那时。 before then 那时以前。 by then 到那时，那时。 from then on 从那时起。 since then 那时以来，以后。 till then 到那时，那时以前。 every now and then 时时。
Example Sentences:
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She looked out of the window every now and then . 她不时向窗外探望。
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Then it is often called survivor growth . 为此，常称它为生存木生长。
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Then suddenly he was struck violently . 后来他突然重重地挨了一下揍。
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Till then i may occupy her room . 打现在到那时，我可以占有她的房间。
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He had changed, himself, since then . 从那时起，他自己也改变了很多。
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They then turned into air, and vanished . 他们就化作一溜烟儿消失了。
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Alice was then a very pretty girl . 艾丽斯那时是一个非常俊俏的姑娘。
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Then he would beat his arms on the ground . 他抡着双臂，在地上乱捶。
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Since then he had drunk and stormed . 从那时起他就一直酗酒，使性子。
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I came within an ace of dismissing him then . 那时我几乎要把他解雇。
