ever adv. 1.〔表示否定、疑问和比较〕曾经,这以前。 Nothing ever happens in this village. 这个村里从来没有发生事情。 Have you ever seen [Did you ever see] a tiger 你以前见过老虎没有? Have you ever been there 以前你到过那里吗? Did you ever=Did you ever see [hear] the like 这种事你听[看]过吗? the nicest thing ever =that ever was on record 迄今最好的东西。 2.〔表示不耐烦等语气〕可能,总会。 Is he ever at home 他也有在家的时候吗? 3. 〔表示条件、威胁等语气〕假如,要是。 If the band ever plays again, we will dance. 要是乐队再演奏的话,我们就跳个舞。 If I ever catch him. 我要是抓到他的话,哼〔就决不饶他〕! 4.〔表示肯定,现在一般用 always〕常是,老是,始终,不断;永远是。 work hard as ever一向勤奋。 do better than ever做得比一向更好了。 He is ever repeating the same words. 他总是重复同样的话。 Yours ever=E- yours 〔信末语〕你永久的朋友。 5.〔加强 as...as〕尽量。 Be as quick as ever you can! 尽量赶快。 6.〔加强疑问词或最高级形容词,表示惊奇〕究竟,到底。 Which ever way did he go 他究竟上哪一边去了? What ever can it be 那到底是什么? Why ever didn't you say so 你究竟为什么不那样讲? 7.〔加强 so, such 等〕非常。 ever such a nice man 非常好的人。 as ever 仍旧;照常。 ever after [afterwards] 打那以后,以后老是。 ever and again =ever and anon 〔古语〕时时,常常。 ever since 从…以来 (I have known him ever since he was a boy. 从他是孩子的时候起,我就认识他了)。 ever so 〔口语〕大大,非常 (The patient is ever so much better. 病人好得多了。 Thank you ever so much. 非常感激你。I like it ever so much. 我非常喜欢它)。 ever such 〔口语〕很…的 (It is ever such a tool. 这工具很有用)。 for ever 永远。 〔俚语〕一直 (He would go on talking for ever. 他一直不停地讲下去)。 for ever and ever =for ever and a day 永远。 hardly [scarcely] ever 难得,几乎从不。 seldom, if ever 就是有也极少见。
There is an ever-increasing need to link communications systems on various continents . 日益增长的需要把各大陆的通讯系统连接起来。
The roll erection system now comes into play and provides an ever-increasing torque about the pitch axis . 侧摆修正系统开始工作,并绕俯仰轴提供一不断增加的力矩。
This is a reflection that has often recurred to me since that night, and with an ever-increasing force . 自从那晚上开始,这个想法时时向我袭来,一次比一次来得强烈。
To the west of thirteen states stretched limitless lands into which settlers were now pushing in ever-increasing numbers . 十三州以西伸延着广阔无垠的土地,人数不断增加的移居民这时正向这些地方涌去。
The addition of matter over this critical value would lead to the collapse of the star without limit because of the ever-increasing gravitational forces . 质量超过临界值时,增加着的引力将造成恒星的无限坍缩。
In a world that is becoming more and more interdependent, there is an ever-increasing need to link communications systems on various continents . 在越来越需要相互依存的当今世界里,日益需要把各大陆的通讯系统连接起来。
On the east coast and in the english channel small vessels continued to ply under an ever-increasing attack by air, by e-boat and by mines . 在东海岸和英吉利海峡,小船在敌人越来越多的飞机,快速鱼雷艇和水雷的袭击下,继续往来。
We have to ask ourselves very seriously what will happen if this two-fold use of knowledge with its ever-increasing power continues . 我们不得不很严肃地问一问自己:假如这种双重地使用威力不断增长的知识的作法继续下去的话,将会发生什么情况呢?
Systems are experiencing ever - increasing demand 系统的需求量不断增加。
Reflection on ever - increasing savings deposits of china ' s residents 对中国居民储蓄持续高增长的思考