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You can picture always as covering the whole stretch of time with no gaps — at every single point along the line, the thing is true. Originally it even pointed at distance: 'all the way' along a road, every step of it; that picture later slid onto time.
可以想成把整條時間線「全程鋪滿、沒有任何缺口」——在線上的每一個點，那件事都成立。它最早其實是講距離，「一整條路、每…更多收起
可以想成把整條時間線「全程鋪滿、沒有任何缺口」——在線上的每一個點，那件事都成立。它最早其實是講距離，「一整條路、每一步都走到」，後來這個「全程都算進去」的畫面就滑到時間上，變成「每一次、任何時候」。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。
alwaysadv/ˈɔːl.weɪz/
- 1
At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.
- God is always the same.
- Green has always been my favorite color. I’ve loved it for as long as I can remember.
- 2
Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
- In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime.
- His liveries are black,—his carriage is black,—he always rides a black galloway,—and, faith, if he ever marry again, I think he will show his respect to the sainted Maria by marrying a black woman.
- 3
informalif necessary, or if there is no better option; in any event.
- I thought I could always go back to work.
alwaysnoun/ˈɔːl.weɪz/
- 1
informal(informal)
- I am her always and she is my always and that’s the whole trouble. For two years I tried to make her pregnant.
- What we saw was cute-'n'-cuddly Willow, takin' care of her girl and spouting nauseating platitudes like "You're my always."
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。