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"and then" 是英语中表示时间顺序或逻辑承接的常用短语,核心含义为“然后”“接着”,由并列连词 and 与副词 then 组合而成,需注意 then 本身并非连词,单独使用时不能直接连接两个完整句子。其英式读音为 /ænd ðen/,美式读音为 /ənd ðɛn/。

一、核心用法与场景

1. 表示时间顺序:动作的先后发生

连接两个连续的动作或事件,强调“先发生A,再发生B”。

例句

We'll finish painting, and then we'll eat dinner.(我们先完成绘画,然后再吃晚餐。)

He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds.(他先翻土,然后播种。)

Children graduate to kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.(孩子们先上幼儿园,然后上学前班,再上小学。)

语法要点

若连接两个独立句子,必须用 and 连接,不能单独用 then。错误:He smiled, then said. 正确:He smiled and then said.

可简化为 andthen,但 "and then" 语气更强调连贯性:She kissed him and (then) danced away.

2. 非正式表达“远不止此”

在口语中,“and then some” 表示“比预期更多、更甚”。

例句

If you sell me your car, I'll give you your price and then some.(如果你把车卖给我,我会给你开的价,甚至更多。)

3. 常见搭配与变体

now and then:偶尔、不时(= occasionally)。
My grandpa drinks a pint now and then.(我爷爷偶尔会喝一品脱酒。)

every now and then:时而、有时(强调频率低)。
Every now and then, a stray cat comes into our yard.(时不时有流浪猫跑进我们院子。)

there and then:当场、立即(= immediately at that time/place)。
He decided to apologize there and then.(他决定当场道歉。)

二、易混淆点与语法误区

1. "and then" 与 "then" 的区别

"then" 是副词,单独使用时需用分号或连词连接句子:
错误:Boil the water first, then add tea leaves.
正确:Boil the water first; then add tea leaves.Boil the water first, and then add tea leaves.

"and then" 是连词短语,可直接连接两个动作,更符合语法规范。

2. 与 "after that" 的替换场景

两者均可表示“之后”,但 "and then" 更简洁,适用于日常对话或简短描述:
We chatted for a while, and then went to work.(我们聊了会儿天,然后去上班了。)
After that, we went to work.(在那之后,我们去上班了。)

三、实用例句库

 

场景 例句
日常活动 She looked at me and then reached for her purse.(她看了我一眼,然后伸手拿包。)
烹饪步骤 Liquidize the mixture and then pass it through a sieve.(将混合物打成泥,然后过筛。)
故事叙述 The car passed over the body twice, once backward and then forward.(车来回轧了那人两次,先倒车再前进。)
逻辑推理 He offended his superior and then was fired.(他得罪了上司,于是被解雇了。)

 

总结

"and then" 是表达顺序的黄金短语,既能清晰串联动作,又能避免语法错误(如误用 then 作连词)。掌握它的关键在于:动作有先后,and 不能少。下次描述流程时,试试用 "first... and then... finally" 结构,让表达更连贯自然吧!

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