ago和before的区别都有什么

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before和ago都能表示在一段时间以前,但是二者的内涵和具体用法有明显的区别,以下就是二者的区别希望能帮助到同学们学习英语1.ago表示“从现在起的若干时间以前”,意思是“距今……以前”,需和过去时或过去进行时连用。before泛指“从

before和ago都能表示在一段时间以前,但是二者的内涵和具体用法有明显的区别,以下就是二者的区别希望能帮助到同学们学习英语

1.ago表示“从现在起的若干时间以前”,意思是“距今……以前”,需和过去时或过去进行时连用。before泛指“从过去起的若干时间以前”,意思是 “距过去某时……以前”“与其……(毋宁)”,常和完成时连用,尤其在间接引语中,如:I visited him three days ago, but he had gone to Shanghai a week before.我三天前去访问他,但他已与那时的一周前到上海去了。

His parents died ten years ago.他父母十年前都去世了。

He said that his parents had died ten years before.他说他父母亲十年前都去世了。

I have never been there before.我以前从来没有去过那里。

2.如果不具体表明多少时间以前,只用before不用ago,意为“从前、以前”。before仍以副词的形式置于被修饰语后,常与完成时候过去时连用。如:

Have you seen this film before?

He asked me whether I had been to the Great Wall before.

3.表示在某一点时间或事件以前时,只用before不用ago,这种用法是将before当作介词或连词使用。ago不具有这一功能。如:

They will come back before six o’clock.

It is hoped that this will be finished before the year 1995.希望这件工作将在1995年以前完成

另外,before在句中的含义较多。不少句子中,before虽然引导的也是一个时间状语,但是译成汉语时却不必译为“在……以前”。

a.如果before引导的从句动作发生得晚或慢,可译成“……才”。这是主句主语或是名词、代词,或用it作形式主语.

He had almost knocked me down before he saw me.他几乎把我撞倒才看见我。

It will be hours before he arrives.要过几个钟头他才回到达。

You must sow before you can reap.有播种才能有收成。

b.如果强调从句动作发生之前,主句动作已发生,可译成“未……就”或“还没有……就”。

Before I could get in a word he had measured me.我还没有来得及插话,他就给我量号了尺寸

Lu Ban built nine pavilions, but before he could finish the tenth, he heard a cock crowing.鲁班建了九个亭子,但他还没完成第十个就听到公鸡叫了起来。

c.有些句子中的before可译为“先……然后”、“先……再”。

Don’t count the chickens before they are hatched. 不要乐观得太早。

Be pupil before you become a teacher.先做学生,再做先生。

有些句中的before还可译为“在……内”、“趁”、“没”。

They arrived before I expected.我没想到他们到得那么早。

Study hard before it is too late.趁早努力学习。

I had better go now before it is too late.最好我现在就走,免得太迟.

I will be through this book before three days have passed.我要在三天内看完这几本书.

before ***.knew it 一类习惯说法,常译为“不知不觉……就”、“还没弄清……就”、“不知怎么地……就”。

Time passed quickly and three months went by before Aqiao knew it.时间飞快的流失,阿巧不知不觉地在那里度过了三个月。

He fell from the tree before he knew it.他不知怎地一下就从树上掉了下来。

4.加强语气,表示“早已”的意思或使叙述显得更生动,ago也可以用于完成时。如:

I had thought that he had died at least twenty years ago.我本以为他至少二十年前就去世了。

In fact, I have long time ago known the secret.其实我早就知道那个秘密。

5.在表示对过去事情猜测的“情态动词+have+过去分词”或“动词的非谓语形式+have+过去分词”的结构中,ago也可以和完成时连用。如:

The building is said to have been destroyed in a fire two years ago.据说那栋大楼在两年前的一场大火中已被烧毁。

The incident must taken place years ago.这是一定发生在好几年以前。

You can not have met him a moment ago.刚才你不可能遇见他。

He may have left an hour ago.他可能在一小时以前就走了。

Having read the article a week ago, I know it very well.一个星期以前我已读过这篇文章,我很熟悉。

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