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1、英语中表示时间的短语（AphrasethatexpressestimeinEnglish）Theterm"time"inEnglishisdividedintothefollowingcategories:time,time,frequency,action,orevent.Generallycanbeexpressedbyasingleadverb,orcanbeexpressedwithphraseslikeprepositionsin,at,onandfor.Inaddition,somephrases
2、withoutprepositionscanalsobeusedtoindicatethedurationofanaction(event).I.asingleadverbindicatingtime1.indicatesthetimeatwhichanaction(event)occursSuchadverbsarecommon:ago,before,lately,later(on),now,recently,then,today,tomorrow,tonight,yesterday,andsoon.1)I
3、t,s,beginning,to,rain,now...(time)it'sbeginningtorainnow!2)I,haven,t,seen,her,recently.(time),Ihaven'tseenherlately.3)Will,you,be,free,tonight?(time)areyoufreetonight?4)Seeyoulater.(time).2.meansfrequencyThiskindofadverbsincommonare:always,constantly,contin
4、uously,continually,ever,frequently,generally,hardly,ever,much,never,normally,occasionally,often,periodically(occasionally)(regularly,occasionally),rarely,regularly,repeatedly,seldom,sometimes,usually(rarely),nowand(thenoccasionally,sometimes).1)Tom,is,const
5、antly,changing,her,mind.(frequencyadverb,constantly)())They,do,meet,now,and,then,but,not,regularly.(frequencyadverbregularly)3)Mary,rarely,left,her,room.(frequencyadverbrarely)3.otheradverbsoftimeMainlyinclude:already,early,finally,first,immediately,just,la
6、te,long,soon,presently,shortly,since,yet,andsoon.1)I',ll,be,back,presently(shortly)())What,decision,did,you,finally,arrive,at,?3)Nancy,was,up,early.())He,has,just,had,an,operation.,Two,precededbyprepositions,in,at,on,andforexpressionsoftime1.refersto"in,the
7、,morning(afternoon,evening)"inthemorning,intheafternoon,andatnight.The,students,often,play,football,in,the,afternoon.2.means"inaseason"".In,spring,the,trees,turn,green,and,out.,flowers,come3.meansinagivenyearormonth.In2003;inFebruary4.means"fromnowon,afters
8、ometime.""She,will,be,back,in,three,days.In,a,flash(instant),in,a,lucky,hour(atluckyhour),In,an,evil,hour(atanunfortunatemoment),in,a,minute,In,a,second,in,a,short,time,In,a,while,in,advance(pre),In,an
