when
conj. 當…時; 一
pron. 什麼時候
adv. 什麼時候; 在那時; 當時
You use when to ask questions about the time at which things happen.
When are you going home?...
你什麼時候回家?
When did you get married?...
你什麼時候結的婚?
If something happens when something else is happening, the two things are happening at the same time.
When eating a whole cooked fish, you should never turn it over to get at the flesh on the other side...
吃一整條魚時,切忌把它翻過來去吃另一面的肉。
Mustard is grown in the field when weeds are there, rather than when the growing crops are there.
芥菜要在地裡長雜草而不是長莊稼時種植。
You use when to introduce a clause in which you mention something which happens at some point during an activity, event, or situation.
When I met the Gills, I had been gardening for nearly ten years.
遇到吉爾一家時我已經做了近10年的園藝工作。
You use when to introduce a clause where you mention the circumstances under which the event in the main clause happened or will happen.
When he brought Imelda her drink she gave him a genuine, sweet smile of thanks...
當他把飲料拿給艾梅爾達時,她真誠而甜美地向他微笑以示感謝。
I'll start to think about it when I have to write my report.
我要寫報告時會對此予以考慮的。
You use when after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you mention the time at which something happens.
I asked him when he'd be back to pick me up...
我問他什麼時候回來接我。
I don't know when the decision was made...
我不知道決定是什麼時候作出的。
You use when to introduce a clause which specifies or refers to the time at which something happens.
He could remember a time when he had worked like that himself...
他還能記得自己一度工作起來也是那個樣子。
She remembered clearly that day when she'd gone exploring the rockpools...
她清楚地記得她去岩石區潮水潭探險的那天。
You use when to introduce the reason for an opinion, comment, or question.
How can I love myself when I look like this?...
我這個樣子,怎麼能對自己滿意呢?
Emerald starlings are fairly small when compared with other such birds.
與同類的其他鳥相比,翠輝椋鳥要小很多。
You use when in order to introduce a fact or comment which makes the other part of the sentence rather surprising or unlikely.
Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, when all we really wanted to do was to make a mess...
我們的母親讓我們坐下來讀書和畫畫,而我們真正想做的卻是打打鬧鬧。
The temperature sensor is making the computer think the engine is cold when, in fact, it's hot.
溫度感測器發給計算機的資訊為發動機是冷卻的,可實際上它的溫度很高。
1. as soon as;
when, while, as
這些連詞均可表示"當……時"引出時間從句。
When will they name a successor?
他們什麼時候會任命繼承人?
When money falls in value, there is no encouragement to save.
貨幣貶值時, 就無法鼓勵人們儲蓄.
A cause of action has accrued when the right to sue has become vested.
起訴的理由在控告權被賦予後隨之存在.
I was a tired man when the long race was over.
我跑完長跑後疲乏極了.
When there is solar halo , it will rain; when there is lunar halo , it will blow.
日暈而雨, 月暈而風.