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ADV
甚至;連;即使
You use even to suggest that what comes just after or just before it in the sentence is rather surprising.
例句
He kept calling me for years, even after he got married...
多年來他一直打電話給我,甚至是在他結婚以后。
Even dark-skinned women should use sunscreens...
即使黑皮膚的女性也應該涂抹防曬霜。
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ADV
(與形容詞、副詞的比較級連用)更加,愈發
You use even with comparative adjectives and adverbs to emphasize a quality that someone or something has.
例句
It was on television that he made an even stronger impact as an interviewer...
作為采訪者,是電視讓他產生了更大的影響。
During his second day Edward looked even more pale and quiet than on his first...
第二天,愛德華看起來比前一天更加蒼白,也更加安靜了。
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PHR-CONJ-SUBORD
即使;盡管;縱然
You use even if or even though to indicate that a particular fact does not make the rest of your statement untrue.
例句
Cynthia is not ashamed of what she does, even if she ends up doing something wrong...
辛西婭不為自己的所作所為感到羞愧,即使最終證明她所做的是錯誤的。
Even though I'm supposed to be working by myself, there are other people who I can interact with.
即便是需要我一個人工作,我還是可以和別人進行交流的。
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PHR-CONJ-SUBORD
恰巧在…時候;正當
If one thing happens even as something else happens, they both happen at exactly the same time.
例句
Even as she said this, she knew it was not quite true...
就在她說這個的時候,她知道自己說的并非全是真的。
He had been aware, even as he slept, of the noise of the engine.
即使在睡覺的時候,他也一直聽得到發動機的噪音。
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PHRASE
即便如此;盡管這樣
You use even so to introduce a surprising fact which relates to what you have just said.
例句
The bus was only half full. Even so, a young man asked Nina if the seat next to her was taken...
公共汽車上只坐滿了一半。盡管如此,一個年輕男子還是問尼娜她旁邊的座位有沒有人坐。
She has never given up her nationality. Even so, her opponents argue that she is not a true Burmese.
她從未放棄過她的國籍。即便如此,反對者仍然說她不是真正的緬甸人。
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PHRASE
盡管那樣;即使那樣
You use even then to say that something is the case in spite of what has just been stated or whatever the circumstances may be.
例句
Peace could come only gradually, in carefully measured steps. Even then, it sounds almost impossible to achieve...
和平只會逐漸到來,而且每一步都走得小心翼翼。即使那樣,要實現和平聽起來仍幾乎不可能。
She was at her prettiest in her late teens, but even then she always had somebody who was prettier.
她在十八九歲的時候最漂亮,但是即使在那時,也總有人比她更漂亮。