[ 'evə ] adv. 1.〔表示否定、疑问和比较〕曾经，这以前。 Nothing ever happens in this village. 这个村里从来没有发生事情。 Have you ever seen [Did you ever see] a tiger 你以前见过老虎没有？ Have you ever been there 以前你到过那里吗？ Did you ever＝Did you ever see [hear] the like 这种事你听[看]过吗？ the nicest thing ever ＝that ever was on record 迄今最好的东西。 2.〔表示不耐烦等语气〕可能，总会。 Is he ever at home 他也有在家的时候吗？ 3. 〔表示条件、威胁等语气〕假如，要是。 If the band ever plays again, we will dance. 要是乐队再演奏的话，我们就跳个舞。 If I ever catch him. 我要是抓到他的话，哼〔就决不饶他〕! 4.〔表示肯定，现在一般用 always〕常是，老是，始终，不断；永远是。 work hard as ever一向勤奋。 do better than ever做得比一向更好了。 He is ever repeating the same words. 他总是重复同样的话。 Yours ever＝E- yours 〔信末语〕你永久的朋友。 5.〔加强 as...as〕尽量。 Be as quick as ever you can! 尽量赶快。 6.〔加强疑问词或最高级形容词，表示惊奇〕究竟，到底。 短语和例子 Which ever way did he go 他究竟上哪一边去了？ What ever can it be 那到底是什么？ Why ever didn't you say so 你究竟为什么不那样讲？ 7.〔加强 so, such 等〕非常。 ever such a nice man 非常好的人。 as ever 仍旧；照常。 ever after [afterwards] 打那以后，以后老是。 ever and again ＝ever and anon 〔古语〕时时，常常。 ever since 从…以来 (I have known him ever since he was a boy. 从他是孩子的时候起，我就认识他了)。 ever so 〔口语〕大大，非常 (The patient is ever so much better. 病人好得多了。 Thank you ever so much. 非常感激你。I like it ever so much. 我非常喜欢它)。 ever such 〔口语〕很…的 (It is ever such a tool. 这工具很有用)。 for ever 永远。 〔俚语〕一直 (He would go on talking for ever. 他一直不停地讲下去)。 for ever and ever ＝for ever and a day 永远。 hardly [scarcely] ever 难得，几乎从不。 seldom, if ever 就是有也极少见。
Example Sentences:
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I suspose nothing ever stays the same . 我想没有什么事是一成不变的。
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Did you ever run across the word "camp" ? 你曾见过“camp”这个词吗？
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Have they ever come out and bitten people ? 它们曾经跑出来咬过人吗？
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He had cut me ever since my marriage . 自从我结婚，他就和我绝交了。
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I do n't remember i ever promised that . 我不记得我曾应诺过这件事。
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Did you ever see anything so wonderful ? 你见过这么妙不可言的东西吗？
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Did you ever hear anything so quaint ? 这样荒廖的话，你以前听过没有？
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The steps were sagging even more than ever . 石级比过去更七歪八倒了。
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No third ever joined our conferences . 没有第三者曾参加我们的会议。
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There is no surety he ever reached the river . 不能确定他到过河边。
