ago 核心词议:
adv. 以前(经典的过去时标志),从前
ago 基本解释
速记方法
速记技巧
联想记忆法
分析:a——一个;go——去;
记忆方法:一个人总想去以前去过的地方;
词源词缀:
古英语前缀a-,来自PIE*uz,向上,向外,词源同out.go,走,离开。来源于古英语动词agan(去世)的过去分词形式,agan由前缀a-(离开)和gan(走)组成;在中古英语时期ago的拼写形式是agone。=a-+go离开
知识扩展
词语辨析
ago,before
这两个词都可表示“从前”。其区别是:
1.ago一般只作副词;而before除作副词外,还可用作连词、介词。
2.ago总是与表示时间的名词或形容词连用,不单独使用;而before可以单独使用。
3.ago用于从现在算起的某段时间从前,和一般过去时连用,不用现在完成时。而before用于从过去某时起若干时间以前的场合,动词需用过去完成时。
例如:
I left school three years ago我三年前离开了学校。
He said he had finished the job three days before他说他在三天前就完成了这项工作。
I told you before我以前告诉过你。
近义词汇
long before 以前
before long 不久以后
词条说明
right now是现在时的标志,而just now是过去时的标志,切记。
ago 变化形式
易混淆的单词: AGOAgo
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。
ago
精选例句
1、 We didnˈt have the computing power to do this several years ago,but now itˈs all changed.
几年前我们根本没有这种计算能力,但是现在一切都变了。
2、 More than 30 years ago, the scholar Charles Hockett noted that speech sounds called labiodentals, such as “f” and “v”, were more common in the languages of societies that ate softer foods.
30多年前,学者查尔斯·霍克特(Charles Hockett)注意到,像“f”和“v”这样的唇齿音,在吃较软食物的社会的语言中更为常见。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
1、 "Online classes began to be popularized just a few decades ago.
网络课程在几十年前才开始推广。
1、 Fifteen years ago, Burberry was at crisis point as their signature check pattern was widely imitated by cheap, imitation brands.
15年前,巴宝莉(Burberry)正处于危机关头,因为其标志性的支票图案被廉价的模仿品牌广泛模仿。
1、 5bn, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn’t have any physical product at all.
但两年前,Facebook以更高的价格收购了即时通讯服务WhatsApp,后者根本没有任何实体产品。
常见考点例句:
- But that was 20 years ago .
- 但是这是20年前。
- That was a long time ago .
- 那是很久以前的事情了。
- That would have been unthinkable 20 years ago .
- 这样的改变20年之前是不可思议的。
- The nordic crises were not so long ago , yet they seem a world away .
- nordic危机距今并不遥远,但看来像另一个世界的事。
- Mr arafat died eight years ago .
- 阿拉法特逝于八年前。