记忆方法
将“ago”与“ago away”的记忆方法相结合。想象一个画面：时间像一条河，我们正站在河的一边，看着河水流向过去，即“ago away”。这种方法可以帮助你记住“ago”表示时间的过去。
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中文词源
ago 以前
古英语前缀a-, 来自PIE*uz, 向上，向外，词源同out. go, 走，离开。
英语词源
- ago
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ago: [14] Historically, ago is the past participle of a verb. Its earlier, Middle English, form – agone – reveals its origins more clearly. It comes from the Old English verb āgān ‘pass away’, which was formed from gān ‘go’ and the prefix ā- ‘away, out’. At first it was used before expressions of time (‘For it was ago five year that he was last there’, Guy of Warwick 1314), but this was soon superseded by the now current postnominal use.
=> go - ago (adj.)
- early 14c., shortened form of Old English agan, agone "departed, passed away," past participle of an obsolete verb ago "to go forth," formed from a- "away" (perhaps here used as an intensive prefix) + gan "go" (see go (v.)). Agone remains a dialectal variant.
权威例句
- 1. Mechanization happened years ago on the farms of Islay.
- 数年前，艾莱的农场就实现了机械化。
- 2. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
- 定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。
- 3. Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.
- 就在几天前，我完成了一项委托创作任务。
- 4. I qualified as a doctor from London University over 30 years ago.
- 30多年前，我从伦敦大学毕业，取得了行医资格。
- 5. Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation.
- 他们的水在几周以前就毫无理由地被切断了。
词语辨析
【before, ago】
这组词都有“……以前”的意思，其区别是：
before: 或指从过去某一时间起向前推算的若干时间的以前，通常与过去完成时连用；或泛指以前，并不具体指若干时间以前，可使用现在完成的或过去时；还可指从将来某一时间起的若干时间以前。
ago: 指从现在起往前推算一段时间，始终置于所修饰的词之后，与一般过去时连用。
这组词都有“……以前”的意思，其区别是：
before: 或指从过去某一时间起向前推算的若干时间的以前，通常与过去完成时连用；或泛指以前，并不具体指若干时间以前，可使用现在完成的或过去时；还可指从将来某一时间起的若干时间以前。
ago: 指从现在起往前推算一段时间，始终置于所修饰的词之后，与一般过去时连用。