then
然后,那么,接着
Related Words
Definitions
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- : at that time: Prices were lower then.
- : immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again.
- : next in order of time: We ate, then we started home.
- : at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
- : next in order of place: Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.
- : in addition; besides; also: I love my job, and then it pays so well.
- : in that case; as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.
- : since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight then.
- 1
- : being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.
Phrases
- then again
- then and there
- and then some
- every now and then
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
So then-President George H.W. Bush and other prominent Republicans endorsed Treen in the House runoff.
MIAMI — Fidel Castro seized power in January 1959 after waging a guerilla war against then-dictator Fulgencio Batista.
I gave statements to then-Captain Michael Sheffield on several different occasions.
The certification, which lasts three years, was renewed by then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in 2012.
We won an unprecedented pardon from then-President Karzai, and Gulnaz was freed.
England alone-then a comparatively weak and insignificant country-stood out against this overwhelming combination.
Do we not see that it is highly requisite that a sweet girl should be now-and-then drawn aside by him?
Have you now related all the conversation you had at that time with then-Vice President Johnson?
And what conversations, if any, did you have with then-Vice President Johnson?
Wouldst find the fair lady Fate chooses for you?Then search ye this line of wee pin-pricks clear through.