adv. 以前，以往
adj. 以前的；过去的
n. (Ago)人名；(英、西、意、塞、瑞典)阿戈
英 [ə'gəʊ] 美 [ə'ɡo]
权威例句
- Mechanization happened years ago on the farms of Islay.
数年前，艾莱的农场就实现了机械化。
来自柯林斯例句 - Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。
来自柯林斯例句 - Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.
就在几天前，我完成了一项委托创作任务。
来自柯林斯例句 - I qualified as a doctor from London University over 30 years ago.
30多年前，我从伦敦大学毕业，取得了行医资格。
来自柯林斯例句 - Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation.
他们的水在几周以前就毫无理由地被切断了。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
ago 以前
古英语前缀a-, 来自PIE*uz, 向上，向外，词源同out. go, 走，离开。
英文词源
ago
**ago: **[14] Historically, _ago _is the past participle of a verb. Its earlier, Middle English, form – _agone _– reveals its origins more clearly. It comes from the Old English verb _āgān _‘pass away’, which was formed from _gān _‘go’ and the prefix ā- ‘away, out’. At first it was used _before _expressions of time (‘For it was ago five year that he was last there’, _Guy of Warwick _1314), but this was soon superseded by the now current postnominal use.
=> go
ago (adj.)
early 14c., shortened form of Old English agan, agone "departed, passed away," past participle of an obsolete verb ago "to go forth," formed from a- "away" (perhaps here used as an intensive prefix) + gan "go" (see go (v.)). Agone remains a dialectal variant.
