「then」

adv. 然后；那么；于是；当时；此外
n. 那时
conj. 然后，当时
n. (Then)人名；(德)特恩

英 [ðen]美 [ðɛn]

权威例句

1. You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest. And if you do, if you stay positive, then you have a shot at a silver lining.
   你必须全力以赴，最大限度地去努力。如果你这么做，并且保持乐观，你就会看见乌云背后的幸福线。
   来自电影《乌云背后的幸福线》
2. It was just then that I chanced to look round.
   就在那时，我恰好环顾了下四周。
   来自柯林斯例句
3. He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived.
   然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂让他动弹不得，直到警察赶到。
   来自柯林斯例句
4. Then something seemed to snap in me. I couldn't endure any more.
   这时候，我的心里像有个东西突然绷断了——我再也忍受不了啦。
   来自柯林斯例句
5. "His memory must be completely back, then?" — "Just about."
   “这么说，他的记忆一定是完全恢复了？”——“差不多。”
   来自柯林斯例句

中文词源

then 然后，因此

来自古英语 thanne,在此之后，然后，来自 Proto-Germanic*thana,那个，来自 PIE*to,指示代词， 词源同 this,that.其与拼写变体形式 than 现已产生词义和用法上的差别。

英语词源

then

then: [OE] Then was formed from the ancient demonstrative base *ta-, which also underlies English that and there. Its West Germanic relatives include German dann and Dutch dan. It is ultimately the same word as than.
=> than, the, there

then (adv.)

adverb of time, Old English þanne, þænne, þonne, from Proto-Germanic *thana- (cognates: Old Frisian thenne, Old Saxon thanna, Dutch dan, Old High German danne, German dann), from PIE demonstrative pronoun root *to- (see the).

As a conjunction, "in that case, therefore," in Old English. As an adjective, "being at that time," from 1580s. As a noun from early 14c. For further sense development, see than. Similar evolutions in other Germanic languages; Dutch uses dan in both senses, but German has dann (adv.) "then," denn (conj.) "than." Now and then "at various times" is attested from 1550s; earlier then and then (c. 1200).