/ðen; ðɛn/
adv
1 (referring to past or future time 指过去或将来)
(a) at that time 当时; 那时; 其时; 届时
*We were living in Wales then. 我们那时住在威尔士.
* I was still married to my first husband then. 我那时还是跟第一个丈夫保持着婚姻关系.
* See you on Thursday we'll be able to discuss it then. 我们星期四见--到时就可以商量一下了.
* Jackie Kennedy, as she then was, was still only in her twenties. 杰基·肯尼迪, 她当时叫这个名字, 还只不过二十多岁.
* [attrib 作定语] The then PrimeMinister took her husband with her on all her travels.当时的首相每次外出都与夫偕行.
(b) next; after that; afterwards 其後; 然後; 以後; 继之
*I'll have soup first and then the chicken. 我想先喝汤再吃鸡.
* The liquid turned green and then brown. 那液体先变成绿色, 又变成棕色了.
* We had a week in Rome and then went to Vienna. 我们在罗马呆了一个星期, 然後去的维也纳.
(c) (used after a prep 用于介词之後) that time 那时
*From then on he refused to talk about it. 从那以後他就不再谈这件事了.
* We'll have to manage without a TV until then. 我们现在没有电视也得将就着, 到时候就好了.
* She'll have retired by then. 她到那时就要退休了. Cf 参看 now.
2 and also 还有; 而且
*There are the vegetables to peel and the soup to heat. Then there's the table to lay and the wine to cool. 菜要择, 汤要加热. 还得摆上餐具, 把酒冰镇一下.
* I've sent cards to all my family. Then there's your family and the neighbours. 我已给我全家人都寄去了请帖. 还要给你家的人及邻居们寄.
3 in that case; therefore 那么; 因此
*If it's not on the table then it will be in the drawer. 要是不在桌子上, 那就在抽屉里.
* Offer to take him out for lunch, then (ie as a result of this) he'll feel in a better mood. 请他出去吃午饭, 那样他心情就会好些.
* He'll be looking for a new secretary then? 那么, 他就要找个新秘书了?
4 (idm 习语) (but) then a`gain (used to introduce a contrasting piece of information 用以谈起另一方面的情况)
*He's clumsy and untidy but then again he's always willing to help. 他笨手笨脚的又邋遢; 可是话说回来, 他总是乐于助人. then and there => there and then (there).