a·long1 /əˈlɒŋ $ əˈlɒːŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv 1 FORWARDgoing forward 向前 I was driving along, thinking about Chris. 我一边开车,一边想着克里斯。
a group of children walking along in a line 排着队向前走的一群孩子
2 go/come along GO TO/ATTENDto go or come to a place where something is happening 一起去/来 You’re welcome to come along if you like. 你愿意的话可以一起去。
I think I’ll go along and watch the game. 我想一起去看比赛。
3 take/bring somebody/something along WITHto take someone or something with you to a place 带某人/某物一起去/来 Mandy brought some of her friends along. 曼迪带了她的几个朋友来。
Why don’t you take your guitar along? 你为什么不把吉他带上呢?
4 be/come along to arrive 到来 Another bus should be along in a minute. 下一辆公共汽车应该一会儿就到。
Every so often, a band comes along that changes music history. 偶尔会出现一支能改写音乐史的乐队。
5 come/go/get along to improve, develop, or make progress 进展,发展;进步 After a five-hour operation, Wendy is coming along just fine. 经过五个小时的手术,温迪恢复得很不错。
6 along with somebody/something WITHtogether with someone or something else 与某人/某物一起 Dunne was murdered, along with three guards. 邓恩与三名卫兵一起被谋杀。
7 all along all the time from the beginning, while something was happening 一直,自始至终 They should have known all along that she was lying. 他们应该从一开始就知道她在撒谎。
all along• He has been polite to Paul all along.• It was something he knew all along.• That has been my position all along.• They probably thought I was crazy all along.• It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker.• The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see.• Grant arrived on the battlefield to find the Federals under heavy pressure all along their front.• We told Kelly all along what the doctors were saying.