ago

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adv. 以前

发音

UK /əˈɡəʊ/
US /əˈɡoʊ/
/əˈɡʌo/
IN /ˈə.ɡo/
IN /ɐ.ɡoˑ/

别名

agoe agon agone ygo ygoe

教材释义与例句

形容词

以前的；过去的

They moved to a new house some time ago (= a fairly long time ago ) .

他们搬进新居已有些日子了。

We had our bicentenary celebrations not that long ago.

不久前，我们举行了200周年庆典活动。

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

    古体 方言

    in days ago / in days agone

  2. 2.

    Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

    古体 方言

    Woe the day—she is agone!

postp.
  1. 1.

    Before now, before the present time

    之前

    以前

    I got married ten years ago.

    When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.

    It was two weeks ago that I saw her last.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 1

past

相关短语

long ago 很久以前 four score and seven years ago four score seven years ago three days ago 大前天 many moons ago long long ago 很久很久以前 two years ago 前年 longer ago longest ago fourscore and seven years ago wildlife reserve

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān Old English āgān Middle English agon English ago From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).

来源：wiktionary