then
adverb, adjective [ before noun ] uk/ðen/ us/ðen/
A1 在当时（过去或未来）（的）;在那时（的）
(at) that time (in the past or in the future)
I was working in the city then. 那时我在城里工作。
formal I wanted to live in the city, but my then husband (= the man who was my husband at that time) preferred the country. 我希望住在城里，可我当时的丈夫想住在乡下。
Give it to me next week - I won't have time to read it before/until then. 下周给我吧——我只有到那时才有时间看。
I'll call you tomorrow - I should have the details by then. 我明天会给你打电话——到那时我应该知道详情了。
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- He's always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were better then.
- Just then, the lights went out.
- The train leaves at three minutes to eight, so we'd better get there a few minutes before then.
- If you come to the surgery at 10.30, the doctor will see you then.
- They used to live in a big house with lots of servants, but they've come down in the world since then.
Idioms
from then onidiom 从那时起
from that time
She had a car accident a year ago and suffered from back pain from then on. 她一年前出了车祸，自那以后就一直背疼。
then and thereidiom (also there and then) 立即，马上
immediately
I suggested he call his mother and he did it there and then. 我建议他给他妈妈打电话，他立即照做了。
then
adverb uk/ðen/ us/ðen/
(NEXT)
A1 然后，接着，后来
next or after that
Let me finish this job, then we'll go. 让我把这工作做完，我们再走。
Give her the letter to read, then she'll understand. 把那封信给她看，然后她就会明白了。
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- Study the examples first of all, then attempt the exercises on the next page.
- Follow the road for two kilometres, then turn left.
- The children will first sing individually and then together as a group.
- We took the ferry across the Channel and then joined the Paris train at Calais.
- First apply shampoo to hair and then rinse thoroughly.
(IN ADDITION)
B2 此外；而且；还
in addition
This is the standard model - then there's the deluxe version which costs more. 这是普通版，另外还有价钱比较贵的豪华版。
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- We have a town house, a country cottage, and then there's our villa in Spain.
- She's a writer mainly - then she paints, and does some excellent photography too.
- I've got to get everything ready for our visitors, and then I haven't finished writing that report yet.
- If you're looking for something smaller, then there's a compact 36 cm screen size, ideal for bedroom or kitchen use.
- Let's see - there were Mary, Jack, Greg and myself - then there were the children, Amy, John and Laura, plus the two dogs.
(RESULT)
A2 这么说来，那么，既然如此
as a result; in that case; also used as a way of joining a statement to an earlier piece of conversation
Have a rest now, and then you won't be so tired tonight. 现在休息一会儿，这样的话今晚你就不会那么累了。
You'll be selling your house, then? 这么说你要卖掉你的房子？
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- If you plan the project well, then everything should fall into place.
- Try and get some sleep on the plane, then you'll arrive feeling fresh.
- I'll leave you to get on then, shall I?
- If there are only five of us going to the concert, then I've booked one too many seats.
- If 2x = 8, then x = 4.
Idiom
but then (again)idiom 不过话又说回来;不过仔细想想
but when you think about the matter more or in another way
I agree she types accurately, but then again, she's very slow. 我承认她打字很准确，不过话又说回来，她打得很慢。