- 1we are 的縮寫;口語與非正式書寫幾乎都用它。注意發音是一個音節,跟過去式 were 完全不同音
we're is the short form of 'we are'. It covers everything 'we are' does: who we are ('We're students'), where we are ('We're at the station'), how we feel ('We're tired'), and what we are doing right now ('We're eating'). As with all , this is the normal form in speech and in friendly writing; the full 'we are' sounds either formal or emphatic. One thing to know: you cannot use the short form at the end of a sentence when the 'are' is doing the heavy lifting. 'Yes, we are.' is right; 'Yes, we're.' is wrong. need something to lean on. Pronunciation is the real trouble: we're is one syllable, /wɪə/ in British English or /wɪr/ in American — it sounds close to 'weir' or, for many Americans, almost like 'wear'. It does not sound like 'we are' said fast, and it definitely does not sound like 'were', which is the past tense of 'be'.
we're 是 we are 的縮寫,身分、地點、感覺和正在做的事都可以接,例如「We're students」(我們是學生)、「We're at the station」(我們在車站)、「We're tired」(我們累了)、「We're eating」(我們正在吃東西)。口語和親切的書寫幾乎都用縮寫,完整的 we are 聽起來比較正式,或是特別要強調。
有一點要注意:句尾如果要強調 are,就不能縮寫,所以回答「是」時要說「Yes, we are.」,不能說「Yes, we're.」。發音的部分,we're 只有一個音節,不是快速把 we are 念過去,也不要跟過去式的 were 混在一起。
組成we + 're, a squeezed form of are. The apostrophe stands for the missing a.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。