英语中表示时间的短语五

1、英语中表示时间的短语五 英语中表示时间的词语主要分为以下几类：时间点、时间段、动作发生的频度、动作或事件发生的先后。 一般可用单个副词来表示 也可以用带有介词in、 at、on和for的短语来表示。 此外一些不带介词的短语也可以用来表示动作(事件)发生(状态持续)的时间。一、单个副词表示时间1. 表示动作(事件)发生的时间这类副词常见的有：ago, before, lately, later (on), now, recently, then, today, tomorrow, tonight, yesterday等。1) Its beginning to rain now! (时间点) 现在

2、开始下雨了！2) I havent seen her recently. (时间段) 最近我没见到她。3) Will you be free tonight? (时间段) 你今晚有空吗？4) See you later. (时间点) 回头见。2. 表示频度这类副词常见的有:always, constantly, continuously, continually, ever, frequently, generally, hardly ever, much, never, normally, occasionally(偶尔), often, eriodically(定期地,偶尔), rarel

3、y, regularly, reeatedly, seldom(很少), sometimes, usually, now and then(偶尔,有时)等。1) Tom is constantly changing her mind. (频度副词constantly) 2) They do meet now and then, but not regularly. (频度副词regularly)3) Mary rarely left her room. (频度副词rarely)3. 其他一些表示时间的副词主要有：already, early, finally, first, immediate

4、ly, just, late, long, resently, shortly, since, soon, yet等。1) Ill be back resently(shortly). 2) What decision did you finally arrive at? 3) Nancy was u early. 4) He has just had an oeration. 二、前面带有介词in, at, on和for表示时间的短语1.泛指"在早上、在下午、在晚上"应用in the morning(afternoonevening)。The students often

5、 lay football in the afternoon.2.表示"在某一季节"。In sringthe trees turn green and flowers come out.3.表示在某一年或某一月。in 2003；in February 4.表示"从现在起一段时间以后"She will be back in three days.in a flash(瞬时), in a lucky hour(在幸运时刻), in an evil hour(在不幸的时刻), in a minute, in a second, in a short time,

6、in a while, in advance(预先), in an instant, in broad day(在大白天), in due course(及时地), in future,in good season(及时地), in no time(马上),in ones childhood, in ones sare time, in ones teens, in ones youth, in re-cent years, in some cases(有时候), in sring, in the beginning,in the daytime, in the end,in the long

7、 run(最后), in the meantime,in the morning, in the ast,in this eriod, in those days,in time等。 2. 带有介词on的时间短语(1).表示"在星期几"或"星期几的上午、下午或晚上"等。on Monday；on Wednesday morning (2).表示"在具体某一天"或"在具体某一天的上午、下午或晚上"等。on October 1,1998;on the afternoon of May 1 (3).表示"在某一节

8、日"。on Teachers Day on a certain day, on Christmas Day,on night shift, on ones birthday,on schedule(按时), on Sunday, on the moment, on that date,on the eve of, on the following day,on the Monday morning, on the New Years Eve,on the oint of(正在时候), on this day, on this occasion, on time1) There are

9、 varieties of celebrations on Christmas Day. 2) When he heard the bad news, he burst into tears on the moment. 3) He always arrives on time in time of an aointment. 3. 带有介词at的时间短语(1).用在具体的某一时刻前。I get u at six oclock in the morning.(2).用在特定的时候(时节、时机)前We were out at that time.那时我们出去了。(3).表示"在中午&q

10、uot;、"在夜晚"、"在周末"常用at。Do you have a rest at noon?Most of us work in the day and slee at night.at a time(在某时), at a wedding(婚礼),at all times(一直), at any moment, at Christmas, at dark (天黑时),at dawn(在黎明), at daybreak, at dinner-time, at dusk(在黄昏),at first sight, at first, at last, at

11、 night,at nightfall, at noon, at resent, at six oclock, at sunrise, at sunset, at that moment, at that time,at the age of, at the beginning of ,at the end of, at the last minute, at the moment, at the same time,at the stage(眼下), at the start,at this oint(此时), at this sea-son, at times(有时)1)At that t

12、ime, Mary earned so little money that she could hardly afford a coat like this. 2)At times, Robert is seen to be walking along with a beautiful girl. 3)At the stage, Tom doesnt have enough time to write such a long aer. 句1)中的at that time(那时)表示某种境遇存在的时间段；句2)中的at times(有时)表示事件发生的频度；句3)中的at the stage(眼

13、下)表示离说话前后不久的一段时间。4.“介词for + 表示时间的名词短语”表示动作持续或状态存在的时间段:for ten seconds, for five minutes, for an hour, for two days,for six months, for a year,for a decade, for a whole century,for a long time, for a short while1) On hearing the news, Helen stood there for ten seconds without saying a word. 2) I feel

14、 as if I had left school for a whole century. 三、不带介词的表示时间的短语just now, so far, last night, right away, the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday,five days ago, five days before,this week, next week,a week ago, a week before, last month, next month,this year, next year, three months ago, this c

15、entury,last century1)The old coule havent heard from their son so far. 2) Susan will take the college entrance examination the day after tomorrow. 3) He said his father had died three years before. 句1)中的so far(到目前为止)是副词短语,表示到现在为止的时间段； 句2)中的the day after tomorrow(后天)表示事件将要发生的时间； 句3)中的three years before(三年前)表示过去某件事发