喜樂美語
  1. 1rA2/əˈɡoʊ/ · /əˈɡəʊ/以前、之前

    That much time in the past, counting back from now.

    counting back from now從現在算回去 That much time in the past那麼多時間之前

    示範例句 · Example

    Her grandpa moved to the city fourteen years ago.

    逐字她的爺爺十四年以前搬到城市。

    「ago」永遠放在時間長度的後面，例如 two days ago、a long time ago，意思是「從現在往回算多久之前」。它的計算起點一定是「現在」，所以句子幾乎都用過去式。和 before 不同：before 是「在另一個時間點之前」，ago 是「在現在之前」。

    常見搭配

    • long ago

      很久以前

      a long time in the past

      Long ago, people travelled by horse and cart.

    • a moment ago

      剛剛、片刻之前

      a very short time in the past

      I saw him here just a moment ago.

    • some time ago

      一陣子以前

      a fairly long time in the past

      They moved to a new house some time ago.

    意思相近

    previouslybackearlier

    意思相反

    lateraheadhence

core核心畫面

Stand at 'now' and step backwards along a line stretching into the past: 'ago' measures how many steps back from this moment something sits — two days ago, long ago.

可以想成你站在「現在」這個點上，沿著一條往過去延伸的時間線往回走；ago 就是在數你從此刻往回退了多遠——「兩天前」就是退兩天，「很久以前」就是退得很遠。它一定是從「現在」往回算的，所以總是跟在一段時間長度後面（two days ago）。

意思相近

previouslybackearlier

意思相反

lateraheadhence

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

agopostp/əˈɡəʊ/

  • 1

    Before now, before the present time

    • I got married ten years ago.
    • When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.

agoadj/əˈɡəʊ/

  • 1

    archaicdialectalGone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

    • in days ago / in days agone
  • 2

    archaicdialectalNearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

    • Woe the day—she is agone!

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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