ever

ever
adverb

[usu. with negative or in questions]at any time
［常用于否定式疑问句］任何时候
nothing ever seemed to ruffle her.
似乎从来就没有什么事情使她生气。
don't you ever regret giving up all that money?.
那笔钱你一分也不要，难道从不后悔？。
■used in comparisons for emphasis
［用于比较以示强调］任何时候
they felt better than ever before.
他们比以往任何时候感觉都好。
our biggest ever range.
我们最大的幅度。
at all times; always
总是；始终
ever the man of action, he was impatient with intellectuals.
他向来就是一个实干家，对空谈家很不耐烦。
it remains as popular as ever.
它和以往一样受欢迎。
they lived happily ever after.
后来他们一直过得很幸福。
[in combination]he toyed with his ever-present cigar.
他摆弄着他那随身不离的雪茄。
[with comparative]increasingly; constantly
愈加；不断地
having to borrow ever larger sums.
不得不借数目越来越大的钱。
used for emphasis in questions expressing astonishment or outrage
［用于表达惊讶或愤怒的疑问句，以示强调］竟然，究竟
who ever heard of a grown man being frightened of the dark?.
有谁听说过一个大人竟然害怕黑暗。
why ever did you do it?.
你究竟为什么要这么做？。

常用词组
ever and anon

(archaic)occasionally
(古)有时，偶尔
ever and anon the stillness is rent by the scream of a gibbon.
寂静不时地被长臂猿的尖叫声划破。

ever since

throughout the period since
此后一直；自…以来一直
she had lived alone ever since her husband died.
丈夫去世后，她一直寡居。

ever so/such

for ever

yours ever

(亦作 ever yours)a formula used to end an informal letter, before the signature
［非正式信件中，信末署名前使用的套语］您永远的

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