adv.再;又
Try again. 再试试。
I am longing to see my friend Jack again. 我渴望再见到我的朋友杰克。
I am sorry-she's out. Can you ring again later? 对不起-她出去了。你过些时候再打电话来好吗?
You'll never get the money back again. 那笔钱你再也弄不回来了。
He has spoken down again after slightly pausing. 他在略作停顿后又讲了下去。
He sucked in air, then went under the water again. 他深深吸了一口气又潜到水里。
again同back的意思相近,但用法不同:back与动词连用时,作为副词,常指退回到前一个状态,或是从与之前相反的状态返回去,而again不可这样说。 again与动词连用时,表示“重复,再一次”。注意sell back和sell again的不同,前者是卖回给同一个人,后者是再次卖,卖给不同的人。当动词本身指“退回,返回”的意思时,不可再用back,而可以用again加强“退回,返回”的意思。在副词+动词+介词结构中,back和again都表示“回到上一状态”。 Give me my watch back.(NOT Give me my watch again.) Can you play it again? The bike you sold me is too small.Can I sell it back to you?If we buy this house and then have to move somewhere else, how easy will it be to sell it again? Stefan can never return to his country (again). I stood up, and then I sat (back) down (again).
back可以用在动词和主语之间,而again则不可以。 Take back your money.Count the money again, please.(NOT Count again the money.)
again and again或time and again指“反复地,频繁地”,now and again指“有时,不时”,only now and again指“难得地”;
“as much again as”指“加百分之一百,加一倍”,而“half as much again as”指“加百分之五十,加一半”。 These shoes cost me as much again as the last pair I bought.比起我上一次买的鞋,这双的价钱贵了一整倍。
adv.(副词)again主要用于修饰性动态动词,基本意思是“重复”,即表示动作又一次、再一次发生,重复发生; 也可表示“重新”,即恢复到原来的位置或状态。引申可表示“回复”“反响”“响应”。
again还可用于引出第二种情况或做进一步论述,常可译为“再者”“此外”“何况”“况且”。
again可表示“增加…倍”,此时,again放在比较连词的前面,表数量的词后面。
again一般位于句尾或句首。作“又一次”解时多在句尾,作“再者”解时,多用于句首。
again不用于比较等级。
在实际应用中, again常带有感情,如不耐烦、惊讶、出乎意料。例如:He has made a mistake again.他又犯了一个错误。
prep.反对;逆;违背;倚靠;映衬;防御;相比;相对
n.动摇不定
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