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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第432页（1279字）

【词性】：ad．

【释义】：

①(常用于疑问句、否定句和条件句)曾经，在任何时候：Have you ever taken part in agrarian reform?你曾参加过土改吗?Shall we ever meet again?以后还能见面吗?If you should ever come up here again，do not fail to look in．假如你有机会再来这儿，无论如何，请你到家看看．No comrade ever violated the regulation．没有一个同志曾经违反过规章制度．if ever(=hardly ever)很少，难得地：He seldom，if ever，was late to otfice他上班很少迟到．Did you ever 你可曾…(表示惊讶、怀疑等)：Well，did you ever bear such nonsense?啊，你们听过这一派胡言吗?As if… ever(表示惊讶、怀疑等)就象是…似的：As if he would ever do such a thing!就象是他会干这样事似的．②(用于比较级，最高级之后)向来，比过去任何时候都…：The People’s Republic of China is now more consolidated and powerful than ever before．中华人民共和国现在比过去任何时候都更巩固强大．This is the best work you have ever done．这是你所做的工作中成绩最好的．③永久，始终，总是：The Chinese P．L．A．is ever victorious．中国人民解放军百战百胜．He works as hard as ever．他工作一贯积极．ever after(or after wards)以后一直：He threw off his burden and was active ever after他丢掉了包袱，以后一直工作得很积极．ever since自…以来：He has been full of vigour and vitality ever since he joined the Party．自从入党以来，他一直是朝气蓬勃的．for ever(and ever)永远．Yours ever(信末用语)您永久的朋友．④【口语】(加强语气)极，尽：Do as much as ever you can．尽你的能力做．ever so(=ever such)非常，很：It is ever so good．实在很好．Thank you ever so much．非常感谢⑤(特殊疑问句中加强语气)究竟，到底：What ever does he mean?他究竟是什么意思呢?When(where how) ever did you drop it?你究竟什么时候(在什么地方，怎么)丢的?