作为介词短语,表示“到……时候”、“到……为止”:例如:
By the time we arrived at the party, most people had already left.
(当我们到达派对时,大多数人已经离开了。)
作为连词短语,表示“到那时”、“等到”:例如:
By the time I get home, I will be exhausted.
(等我到家时,我会很疲惫。)
作为副词短语,表示“到某个时候为止已经”、“在……之前已经”:例如:
He had retired by the time he was 60 years old.
(他在60岁之前就退休了。)
作为动词短语中的从句引导词,表示“到……时候”,通常与完成时连用:例如:
By the time I had finished my homework, it was already midnight.
(等我完成作业时,已经是半夜了。)
作为从句中的引导词,引导时间状语从句,表示“到……时候”:例如:
I'll call you by the time you arrive in New York.
(你到达纽约时,我会给你打电话。)
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