- 1rA2
/əˈɡoʊ/ · /əˈɡəʊ/
That much time in the past, counting back from now.
以前、之前
核心畫面
Stand at 'now' and step backwards along a line stretching into the past: 'ago' measures how many steps back from this moment something sits — two days ago, long ago.
可以想成你站在「現在」這個點上,沿著一條往過去延伸的時間線往回走;ago 就是在數你從此刻往回退了多遠——「兩天前」…更多收起
可以想成你站在「現在」這個點上,沿著一條往過去延伸的時間線往回走;ago 就是在數你從此刻往回退了多遠——「兩天前」就是退兩天,「很久以前」就是退得很遠。它一定是從「現在」往回算的,所以總是跟在一段時間長度後面(two days ago)。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
agopostp/əˈɡəʊ/
- 1
Before now, before the present time
- I got married ten years ago.
- When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.
agoadj/əˈɡəʊ/
- 1
archaicdialectalGone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
- in days ago / in days agone
- 2
archaicdialectalNearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
- Woe the day—she is agone!
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。