喜樂美語

核心畫面

when + ever — 'when' opened up to cover any and all times. It points at a time, but leaves which time wide open: every time, or any time at all.

可以想成 when（什麼時候）加上 ever（無論）：把『什麼時候』整個放寬，不指定哪一刻。核心畫面比較像一個指向時…更多收起可以想成 when（什麼時候）加上 ever（無論）：把『什麼時候』整個放寬，不指定哪一刻。核心畫面比較像一個指向時間、卻故意讓『哪個時間』全部敞開的字——可以是『每一次』，也可以是『任何一次都行』。

原始詞典資料7 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。

wheneverconj/wəˈnɛvə/

  • 1

    At any time that.

    • Visit whenever you want to.
    • I did not see the program, but Mrs. Nixon told me that you were great on the Donahue Show. As you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office you will be a winner!
  • 2

    At the (single) time that, no matter when.

    • Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.
  • 3

    Every time that.

    • Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.
    • Working around an ancient monument has meant having an archaeologist on site whenever there were excavations.
  • 4

    Regardless of the time that.

    • Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.
  • 5

    regionalWhen.

    • Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.

wheneveradv/wəˈnɛvə/

  • 1

    datedWhen ever: emphatic form of when.

    • Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?
  • 2

    At any time.

    • Feel free to visit whenever.

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。