were
英 [w?(r)]
美[w?]
- v. 是，在（are的過(guò)去式）
- n. (Were)人名；(英、肯)沃爾
TEM4基本詞匯
英文詞源
- were (v.)
- Old English w?ron (past plural indicative of wesan) and w?re (second person singular past indicative); see was. The forms illustrate Verner's Law (named for Danish linguist Karl Verner, 1875), which predicts the "s" to "z" sound shift, and rhotacism, which changed "z" to "r." Wast (second person singular) was formed 1500s on analogy of be/beest, displacing were. An intermediate form, wert, was used in literature 17c.-18c., before were reclaimed the job.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. In " if I were you " the verb " were " is in the subjunctive.
- 在 “ IfIwereyou ” 中動(dòng)詞 “ were ” 是虛擬語(yǔ)氣.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.
- 他的手沒(méi)勁兒，扳不動(dòng)左輪手槍的扳機(jī)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Issues such as these were not really his concern.
- 他其實(shí)并不關(guān)心諸如此類的問(wèn)題。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents.
- 救援人員因風(fēng)浪太大而被迫中斷工作。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. They were knocking around together for about a year.
- 他們交往大概有一年了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句