If you are ever in the neighbourhood you must visit us.(=at any time in the future)如果你在将来任何一个时候到这附近,一定要来看我们。
请注意not ever就等于never:
He hasnt ever spoken to me.(=He has never spoken to me.)他从来没有跟我说过话。
You wont ever see her any more.(=Youll never see her.)你将永远不会再见到她。
尽管not ever在意义上等于never,但在一般情况下都用never一词而不用not ever,尤其在简略回答时决不能用not ever,如:
Have you ever been up in a balloon?
No,never.(or Not yet)(不能用not ever)
你乘过汽球吗?
没有,从来没有。(或还没有)
三、ever在表示 at any time 时也可用在肯定句中,主要用于进行比较的句子,因而产生了than ever(before)这个习语。
She was happier than she had ever been.(=She was happier than ever.)她比以往任何时候都高兴。
Many years later,I was going to Europe on one of the finest ships that ever ploughed the waters of the Atlantic.许多年以后,我搭乘一艘当时航行于大西洋的最漂亮的轮船去欧洲。
四、前面说到ever不等于always,但在旧的用法中,ever可等于always,而且要用在肯定句中,你可以不时地在一些词典中见到这方面的例句。张道真在《现代英语用法词典》中搜集了一些例句,现趁势其中的两句如下:
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