◇ 有时,at the time的后面可接“of...”短语。这时,它表示“在(某事态)发生的时候”或“在……的时代”。例如: Were you in San Francisco at the time of the big earth quake in 1989﹖ 1989年旧金山发生地震时,你在那里吗? It happened at the time of King Alfred. 事情发生在阿尔弗雷德国王时期。 ◇ at that time 则通常指前文明确提到的某个时期、时候。通常其后不带“of...”短语。例如: In the 17th century much corn was grown in Tibet and Sichuan.At that time (=At the 17th century) the land along the Changjiang River was becoming very crowded. ◇ at one time=during a period of time in the past意为“过去有一段时期”,“曾经”。例如: They used to be good friends at one time. 他们曾经是好朋友。 ◇ at a time则意为“一次”,表示一个时间单位。它常与表示数量的词语连用,表示频率。例如: Don’t speak all at once.One at a time, please. 不要同时一起说。一次只一个人说。 |