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IELTS BNC: 548 COCA: 300

once

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once1 /wʌns/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv
1  ONCEon one occasion only 一次，一回
I’ve only met her once.
我只見過她一面。
Paul’s been to Wexford once before.
保羅曾去過韋克斯福德一次。
(just) the once British EnglishBrE spoken
Mrs Peterson came in to see Ruth just the once.
彼德森太太僅僅來看過露絲一次。
2  once a week/once every three months etc REGULARone time every week etc, as a regular activity or event 每周一次/每三個月一次等
Staff meetings take place once a week.
員工會議每周舉行一次。
They took separate holidays at least once every two years.
他們每兩年至少有一次各自去度假。
3  PASTat some time in the past, but not now 曾經，以前
Sonya and Ida had once been close friends.
索尼娅和艾達曾經是很要好的朋友。
She and her husband had once owned a house like this.
她和她丈夫曾經也有過這樣的房子。
once-great/proud etc
It was sad to see the once-great man looking so frail.
看到曾經的偉人如此脆弱，真讓人難過。
the once-mighty steel industry
一度輝煌的鋼鐵工業
4  in the past, at a time that is not stated 過去，曾經
I once ran 21 miles.
我曾經跑過21英裏。
Marx once described religion as the ‘opium of the people’.
馬克思曾把宗教稱爲“人民的鴉片”。
5  at once 
a) IMMEDIATELYimmediately or without delay 立刻，馬上
Now, go upstairs at once and clean your room!
現在立刻上樓去打掃你的房間！
When I saw him I recognized him at once.
一看到他我就認出他了。
b) TIME/AT THE SAME TIMEtogether, at the same time 一起，同時
I can’t do two things at once!
我不能同時做兩件事！
Don’t all talk at once.
不要同時發言。
 Register
In everyday English, when people mean 'immediately', they usually say right away or, in British English, straight away rather than at once: 在日常英語中，人們表示 “立刻” 時一般說right away或straight away(英國英語)，而不說at once
I recognized him right away.
我立刻認出了他。
Examples from the Corpus
at once• I can't do two things at once!• I can't understand what you're saying when you both talk at once.• You're trying to do too many things at once.• Everyone knew at once how serious the situation was.• Anyone know the answer? Don't all shout at once, put your hand up.• You can't have three weeks' holiday all at once, you'll have to take them separately.
6  once more/once again AGAIN
a) again, after happening several times before 再次〔發生〕，又一次
I looked at myself in the mirror once more.
我再看了一眼鏡子裏的自己。
Once again she’s refusing to help.
她再一次拒絕幫助。
b) used to say that a situation changes back to its previous state 再次〔回到原來狀態〕
The crowds had all gone home and the street was quiet once more.
衆人都回家去了，街上恢複了甯靜。
c) formal used before you repeat something that you said before 再說一次，重複說一遍
Once again, it must be stressed that the pilot was not to blame.
再說一遍，必須強調的是飛行員沒有責任。
7  all at once 
a) SUDDENLYif something happens all at once, it happens suddenly when you are not expecting it 一下子，突然
All at once there was a loud banging on the door.
突然傳來一記重重的敲門聲。
b) together, at the same time 一起，同時
A lot of practical details needed to be attended to all at once.
許多實際上的細節問題都需要同時處理。
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all at once• This is a distinctive and often very funny picture, disquieting and diverting all at once.• Should we send the packages all at once?• Employees at the plant are experiencing a-change overload. --- Changes came too fast and hit thern all at once.• Father Timothy was kind and bad all at once.• I have never seen so many injunctions all at once.• The cold in our house made it clear all at once.• Not all at once and not so anyone could tell.• And with the slow-going afternoon the world all at once can make perfect sense.• All at once, she broke into a smile.• All at once the trailer started shaking.
8  (every) once in a while SOMETIMESsometimes, although not often 偶爾，有時，間或
I do get a little anxious once in a while.
我的確偶爾會有點焦慮。
I saw her in the shop every once in a while.
有時我在商店裏看到她。
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(every) once in a while• But look at them once in a while.• I do need to see every once in a while.• I used to take him out fishing once in a while.• They were both lonely, so why not see each other once in a while.• He just comes round once in a while and they go out.• I only see her every once in a while at school.• All of these Helen used, displayed, wore, not once in a while, but every day, blushing.• He calls me once in a while or I call him.• I think you should change your shampoo and conditioner once in a while to avoid product build-up.
9  never once/not once used to emphasize that something has never happened 從未，從來沒有
I never once saw him get angry or upset.
我從未見過他生氣或不快。
Not once did they finish a job properly.
他們從來沒有把一件事情做好過。
10  (just) for once RARELYused to say that something unusual happens, especially when you wish it would happen more often 難得一次，就這一回
Be honest for once.
誠實點，哪怕就這一次。
Just for once, let me make my own decision.
就這一次讓我自己作決定吧。
For once Colin was speechless.
科林這一次無話可說。
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(just) for once• Mrs Saulitis's cheerfulness was lost for once.• You can't fault Ayckbourn's production but, for once, his comic vessel has problems carrying such emotionally heavy cargo.• But for once his famous ability to blend laughter and pain is overcome by the weight of his subject.• In fact for once the human mussel-gatherers have come to the assistance of their natural competitors.• But Holmes, for once, was wrong.• Why not, for once, why not?
11  once and for all 
a) CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTif you deal with something once and for all, you deal with it completely and finally 徹底地，一勞永逸地
Let’s settle this matter once and for all.
我們把這個問題徹底解決了吧。
b) British EnglishBrE spokenTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something used to emphasize your impatience when you ask or say something that you have asked or said many times before 最後一次〔強調不耐煩〕
Once and for all, will you switch off that television!
最後說一次，把那電視關掉！
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once and for all• Let's settle this matter once and for all.• I was perilously close to being touched once and for all.• Only by exploring these patterns, their causes and effects, is there any possibility of breaking them once and for all.• This was supposed to be her final victory over him, supposed to establish her rule once and for all.• Three blocks south, fancier houses in the 700 block of Commercial Street were shuttered once and for all.• Jackson proved once and for all he was no longer the kid star of the Jackson Five days.• Seismic tomography showed once and for all that the mantle was indeed in motion.• I had to destroy, once and for all, the vicious circle of poverty and economic stagnation.• No magic wand exists that can be waved once and for all to end injustice.
12  once or twice FEW/NOT MANYa few times 一兩次，幾次
I wrote to him once or twice, but he didn’t answer.
我給他寫過一兩次信，但他沒有回複。
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once or twice• He played for Northern Ireland once or twice.• He swallowed hard once or twice.• If needed, this can be repeated once or twice.• He was some one I would probably sleep with once or twice and then maybe become friends with afterward.• They merely mentioned it once or twice as a divine possibility.• Even he himself had had to beat it into the ground once or twice as one did a snake.• He'd been smashed on booze once or twice, but this was different.• And you have once or twice, haven't you?• Once or twice, he thought about calling his parents, but then decided not to.
13  (just) this once spokenONLY used to emphasize that this is the only time you are allowing something, asking for something etc, and it will not happen again 就這一次
Go on, lend me the car, just this once.
好啦，把車借給我吧，就這一次。
I’ll make an exception this once.
這次我就破個例。
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(just) this once• OK, you can stay up till 11, but just this once.• We've been through this once.• Hadn't she seen something like this once before? she thought vaguely.• But the smiling man who clutched the real trophy after the game spoke, this once, for everyone.• We've done this once or twice before, as I vividly recall.• Maybe this once, the world will display itself as immutable.• Carol told Petey this once to help him stop crying so she could take a look.• Lawyers and supporters of the parents in Orkney questioned both the motives and the methods of this once trusted organisation.• He had sworn this once when he and Adrastus had quarreled and Eriphyle had reconciled them.
14  once upon a time 
a) spokenPAST at a time in the past that you think was much better than now 以前，從前，那時候〔指比現在好得多的過去某一時期〕
Once upon a time you used to be able to leave your front door unlocked.
從前，大門是可以不上鎖的。
b) RFa long time ago – used at the beginning of children’s stories 從前，很久以前〔用於兒童故事的開頭〕
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once upon a time• After all, it is once upon a time.• I'd have done anything for you once upon a time.• There was, once upon a time, another book from which this kind of scientific certainty was derived.• She might never have ironed shirts, but she too had once upon a time brought Jacob little surprises, little presents.• Perhaps objects like these had been fashionable in churches once upon a time, but no longer, hence the attic.• Once upon a time children did what they were told.• One could spend a lifetime learning a small range of mountains, and once upon a time people did.• However, once upon a time the mathematician was a child too.
15  once in a blue moon informalRARELY very rarely 難得地，破天荒地
It only happens like this once in a blue moon.
這樣的情況是極爲罕見的。
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once in a blue moon• I used to spend a lot of time in London, but now I only go there once in a blue moon.• We go out to eat once in a blue moon.• And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon.• So now he just comes round once in a blue moon.• Once in a blue moon Eric will offer to help with the dishes, but usually he doesn't do any housework at all.• That happens only once in a blue moon, when the weather is cold enough and thus the ice thick enough.
16  do something once too often HARM/BE BAD FORto repeat a bad, stupid, or dangerous action with the result that you get punished or cause trouble for yourself 屢次做壞事[傻事，危險之事]而遭殃
He tried that trick once too often and in the end they caught him.
他一次次故伎重施，最後他們終於把他抓住了。
Examples from the Corpus
do something once too often• The kids rang Brant's doorbell once too often, and he reported them to the police.• But not Luke Denner - he's humiliated me once too often!• He'd said it once too often, and this time she'd taken him at his word.• He got into trouble once too often and wound up in continuation school.• I can only assume she tried once too often to enter the nest, as the female died during the night.• It had failed him in a crisis and that was once too often.• Maybe she just turned him down once too often.• One of these people had looked in my direction once too often, passed by once again just a little too slowly.• Until, that is, it lived up to its original name once too often!
17  once a ..., always a ...always a ... once a ... spoken used to say that people stay the same and cannot change the way they behave and think 一次是…就永遠是…〔表示一個人的品性是無法改變的〕
Once a thief, always a thief.
一日爲賊，終生是賊。
18. once is/was enough spoken used to say that after you have done something one time you do not need or want to do it again 一次就夠了〔表示你不需要或不想再做了〕
19. once bitten, twice shytwice shy once bitten NOT DO somethingused to say that people will not do something again if it has been a bad experience 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩
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once• Some were hit more than once.• Here's a picture of a convertible we had once.• I've only worn this dress once.• The school funding proposed by Wilson this year is once again the minimum required by school funding.• In seventh grade, the problem increased once again, with nearly 22 percent of students identified as work-inhibited.• The invisible flutter and swoop of black creatures, still furious with the woman who had once banished them.• Nomatterhow he had changed - if indeed he had changed - that man had once been a sadistic brute.• She once called me a liar - I've never forgiven her.• It will be opened to the public in the next few years, once essential maintenance is completed.• I remember once it snowed on my birthday, and I was so excited.• You once let out the fact that you wished you were free of the burdens your family placed on you.• Brush tops with garlic oil and turn once more.• They had met once on holiday, so they knew each other slightly.• Once, when I was a little boy, I found a gold watch on the beach.
(just) the once• I'd say go, even if it's only just the once.• Vauxhall, George Smith: an ornamental design echoing the wrought-iron work of the once famous Vauxhall Gardens.• And it was here that the once great motorbike manufacturers of the Midlands tested the machines that are still running today.• An example is the once highly popular low-carbohydrate method of slimming.• So what now for the once mighty Gingrich?• What had happened to the once mighty race which had built this superior piece of engineering?• Maybe, but the once pricey products that use this satellite technology have come down to earth.
once2 ●●● S1 W1 conjunction
HAPPENfrom the time when something happens 一…便，一旦，一經
Once I get him a job, he’ll be fine.
一旦我幫他找到了工作，他就會好的。
Once in bed, the children usually stay there.
孩子們一旦上了床，一般就不下來了。
Examples from the Corpus
once• I called Lara once he'd left.• Once in the US, the drugs are distributed to all the major cities.
Origin once1
(1200-1300) one
once1 adverbadv
→10-19

→REGISTER1once2 conjunction
Corpus
IELTS BNC: 548 COCA: 300
IELTS BNC: 548 COCA: 300
once adv.
⇨ once in a while ⇨ sometimes
IELTS BNC: 548 COCA: 300
once
Happening only once: once, isolated, unrepeatable...
Existing, happening in or relating to a time in the past: past, ago, previously...
After another event or time: after, following, since...

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