解释
- v. 是，在（are的过去式）
- n. (Were)人名；(英、肯)沃尔
※ 提供单词"were"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- were (v.)
- Old English wæron (past plural indicative of wesan) and wære (second person singular past indicative); see was. The forms illustrate Verner's Law (named for Danish linguist Karl Verner, 1875), which predicts the "s" to "z" sound shift, and rhotacism, which changed "z" to "r." Wast (second person singular) was formed 1500s on analogy of be/beest, displacing were. An intermediate form, wert, was used in literature 17c.-18c., before were reclaimed the job.
例句和用法
- 1. In " if I were you " the verb " were " is in the subjunctive.
- 在 “ IfIwereyou ” 中动词 “ were ” 是虚拟语气.
- 2. His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.
- 他的手没劲儿，扳不动左轮手枪的扳机。
- 3. Issues such as these were not really his concern.
- 他其实并不关心诸如此类的问题。
- 4. The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents.
- 救援人员因风浪太大而被迫中断工作。
- 5. They were knocking around together for about a year.
- 他们交往大概有一年了。
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