I once investigated this story and it seems to be wholly untrue.
我曾调查过这个传闻,看来它似乎一点都不真实。
这时,once通常放在动词前面,或者句首。
有时候,有些曾经是事实的情况现在发生了变化,也用once来表达,比如:
He had once been a big star but now he was finished.
他曾是个大明星,但现在完蛋了。
这时,once放在be或助词后面,有时还放在句尾。
讲了这么多,下面来做点练习,请你试着翻译句中的once:
1.These carvings were once brightly colored.
2.This is kind of thing certainly, but only once in the lifetime.
3.There was once a great actor who could no longer remember his lines.
4.He once knew her, but they are no longer friends.
公布答案:
1、3句中的once,意思是曾经是但现在不是。
2句,once表示一次。
4句,once指不确定的过去,也就是曾经。
你做对了吗?
补充一点,once这个词,绝对不可以表达未来将要发生的事情,比如要表达以后,我会给你一次表演的机会,就绝对不能说Ill give you a chance to act once in the future.(呵呵,这是纯正的chinglish,老外听不懂的。)
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