| 单词 | ago |
| 释义 | ago (once / 31 pages) adjadv Use ago to mean "earlier" or "in the past." Dinosaurs lived a long time ago. The adverb ago refers to a time before the present moment, sometimes in the distant past, and sometimes more recently: "She just left for her appointment ten minutes ago." When you talk about the more remote past, you might say "long ago" or "a long time ago." Ago was originally a shortened form of agone in Middle English, "departed or passed away." WORD FAMILYago: agos USAGE EXAMPLESWhile both bases closed more than two decades ago, U.S. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But they’ve yet to channel that tangibly since they were reunited three games ago. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Buyers of a four-bedroom family home in London need deep pockets - but perhaps not as cavernous as a year ago. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj gone by; or in the past two years ago `agone' is an archaic word for ` ago' Syn agone past earlier than the present time; no longer current 2adv in the past long ago sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S. |
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