英汉词典

ago 基本解释

• adv. 以前，以往
• adj. 以前的；过去的
• n. (Ago)人名；(英、西、意、塞、瑞典)阿戈

ago 中文词源

古英语前缀a-, 来自PIE*uz, 向上，向外，词源同out. go, 走，离开。

ago 英文词源

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ago: [14] Historically, ago is the past participle of a verb. Its earlier, Middle English, form – agone – reveals its origins more clearly. It comes from the Old English verb āgān ‘pass away’, which was formed from gān ‘go’ and the prefix ā- ‘away, out’. At first it was used before expressions of time (‘For it was ago five year that he was last there’, Guy of Warwick 1314), but this was soon superseded by the now current postnominal use.
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ago (adj.)

early 14c., shortened form of Old English agan, agone "departed, passed away," past participle of an obsolete verb ago "to go forth," formed from a- "away" (perhaps here used as an intensive prefix) + gan "go" (see go (v.)). Agone remains a dialectal variant.

ago 英文释义

1. gone by; or in the past;

"two years ago"

"`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"

ago 同义词解析

ago, before

这两个副词均含"……以前"之意。

ago：指从现在起往前推算一段时间，始终置于所修饰的词之后，与一般过去时连用。

before：或指从过去某一时间起向前推算的若干时间的以前，通常与过去完成时连用；或泛指以前，并不具体指若干时间以前，可使用现在完成的或过去时；还可指从将来某一时间起的若干时间以前。

ago 双语例句

1. Mechanization happened years ago on the farms of Islay.

数年前，艾莱的农场就实现了机械化。

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2. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.

定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。

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3. Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.

就在几天前，我完成了一项委托创作任务。

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4. I qualified as a doctor from London University over 30 years ago.

30多年前，我从伦敦大学毕业，取得了行医资格。

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5. Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation.

他们的水在几周以前就毫无理由地被切断了。

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ago 实用场景例句

The letter came a few days ago.

这封信是几天前寄来的。

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She was here just a minute ago.

刚才她还在这儿。

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a short/long time ago

不久 / 很久以前

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How long ago did you buy it?

这东西你是多久以前买的？

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It was on TV not (so) long ago.

电视不（很）久以前播出了这个节目。

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He stopped working some time ago (= quite a long time ago) .

他早就停止工作了。

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They're getting married? It's not that long ago (= it's only a short time ago) that they met!

他们要结婚啦？他们刚认识不久嘛！

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two weeks/months/years ago

两周 / 两月 / 两年以前

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The meeting is the first since the war began 14 years ago...

这是自14年前爆发战争以来的第一次会晤。

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He was killed a few days ago in a skiing accident...

几天前他在一场滑雪事故中丧生。

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She first appeared on the screen ten years ago.

十年前,她第一次出现在银幕上.

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They forced her off her homeland many years ago.

许多年前他们迫使她离开了她的家乡.

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The girl has grown prettier than ever since I saw her a year ago.

一年不见,小姑娘出落得更漂亮了.

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He lost his youth a long time ago.

他早已失去了青春活力.

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A certain number of years ago, this place was still a little fishing village.

若干年前, 这里还是一个小渔村.

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Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.

那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制.

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He moved out long ago.

他早就搬走了.

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She died about two years ago.

她大约在两年前就死了.

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New methods of production were employed a few years ago.

新的生产方法几年前曾使用过.

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The family left town three years ago but moved back last week.

那家人三年前搬出了城,上星期又搬回来了.

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Is the same chairman still knocking around? I thought he had left years ago.

这位主席还活着? 我还以为他多年前就死了呢.

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A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea.

一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法.

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I met him half an hour ago.

我半小时前碰到他.

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I have a very sharp recollection of my last talk with him two years ago.

两年前我和他最后一次谈话的情景仍历历在目.

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Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends.

五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益.

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The pair of lions which were found five years ago were metallic.

这对五年前发现的狮子是金属制的.

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Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.

两百年前拳击比赛在英国就很盛行.

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Some old people always hark back to how things were 30 years ago.

有些老年人老是喜欢重提三十年前的状况.

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Your story calls to mind something that happened to me a year ago.

你的故事使我想起一年前的事.

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