Do not say ‘in here’ when you are talking about a town or country, or an institution such as a university. Just say here . 表示城镇、国家或大学等机构,不要说in here,而只说here即可
The people here have got just about enough to live on.
这里的人们生活只够维持温饱。
Use in here when referring to what is inside a building, room, cupboard etc. 指建筑物、房间、橱柜等的里面,要用in here。
There are many species of birds here.
这里有许多种鸟类。
Do not use ‘here is/are ...’ to say what is in a place. Use there is/are ... here . 表示一处有什么不要用here is/are ... ,而要用there is/are ... here
2HAPPENat this point in time 此时
Spring is here at last.
春天终于来临。
Here is your chance to change your life.
改变你生活的机会来了。
Here is where the trouble starts.
麻烦是从这里开始的。
3here and thereSPREADscattered around or happening in several different places 到处,各处;零散地
The house just needs a bit of paint here and there.
8here goes! (also here we go)TRY TO DO OR GET something used when you are going to try to do something difficult or dangerous, and you do not know what will happen 我这就开始!我现在就试试看!〔用于做困难或危险的事时〕
I’ve never ridden a motorbike before, so here goes!
我以前从未骑过摩托车,现在就试试看吧!
9here we goSTART DOING somethingused when you are starting to do something or when something is starting to happen (我们)开始了
Right, here we go, the game’s starting.
好了,开始了,比赛这就开始。
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here we go• Let's do that again. Ready? Here we go.• Oh no, I thought, here we go.• One two three four, here we go.• So, again, here we go.• Most of us were peaceful and decent, but here we go again, in our fifth war of this century.• And now, here we go again with the Gulfcrisis.• "I still don't see why you blame me!" "Oh great, here we go again."• Ronald Reagan fixed that, but here we go again.
10here’s to somebody/somethingDRINKused when you are going to drink something to wish someone good luck, show your respect for them etc 〔敬酒时说的祝词〕为某人/某事干杯,祝某人/某事〔健康、成功等〕
Here’s to the happy couple.
为这幸福的一对干杯。
Here’s to your new job.
为你的新工作干杯。
11here he/she etc is (also somebody/something is here)ARRIVE used to say that someone or something has arrived 他/她等[某人/某事等]来了
Here they are, late as usual.
他们来了,照例又迟到了。
Ah, look – here’s the postman.
啊,瞧!邮递员来了。
Tony’s here for his messages.
托尼来收他的留言。
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here he/she etc is• And here she is, all freshly powdered.• Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you.• Her own said that she should never teach, and here she is doing it.• Sam Sheppard knew Richard Eberling and here he is fighting with this intruder through the house and he never recognized him.• But here he is, in full measured flood.• I mean, here he is, installed at the Priory.• Yet here he is, pleading for the life of the stubbornnation that caused him nothing but trouble!• And now here she is, staying at my house.
12here we areused when you have finally arrived somewhere you were travelling to (我们)到了
Here we are – home at last.
我们到了,终于到家了。
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here we are• I know I read it somewhere... Here we go! It's at the bottom of page 78.• Just a Yes, here we are.• But here we are faced with a dilemma.• Okay, here we are for the FinalJeopardy round.• And here we are, four years later, reading of another fracas in another rust-belt town.• Oh and here we are going to a tangolesson.• Here we are home again!• And here we are in one of the most notoriously capriciousseas in the world, aboard a fantasticyacht called 2041.• So we bargained, and here we are, in the house.• However, here we are not to be intimidated and held off.
13here comes somebody/somethingARRIVEused when you can see something or someone arriving 某人/某事物来了
Here comes lunch.
午饭来了。
14British EnglishBrE used to get someone’s attention or to show that you are annoyed 喂〔用来引起别人注意或表示不高兴〕
Here! Just what do you think you’re doing?
喂!你认为你这是在干什么?
15here we go againinformalAGAIN used when something unpleasant is beginning to happen again 〔不愉快的事〕又发生了
Most of us are peaceful and decent, but here we go again, in our fifth war of this century.
我们中的大多数人爱好和平、品行端正,但是我们又一次陷入战争,这已经是本世纪的第五次战争了。
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here we go again• "You've been drinking again, haven't you!" "Oh God, here we go again."• Ronald Reagan fixed that, but here we go again.• You see, here we go again.• Most of us were peaceful and decent, but here we go again, in our fifth war of this century.• And now, here we go again with the Gulfcrisis.
16here to staySTAY/NOT LEAVEif something is here to stay, it has become a part of life and will continue to be so 〔某物〕已经成为生活中的一部分
Mobile phones are definitely here to stay.
手机绝对是生活中必不可少的。
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here to stay• Are video games a fad, or are they here to stay?• And Nicam is here to stay.• Hitters beware: As veteranumpire Jim McKean put it, the high strike is here to stay.• In other words, the swimsuit issue is here to stay.• Like it or not, licenseddealers, in one form or another, seem here to stay.• There are now obvious signs that we are here to stay.• Without question, the Africanized bees are here to stay.• Hence the extent to which Conservativecriminology is here to staydepends on more than mere changes of political parties.• Managed care is here to stay, experts at the conferenceagreedWednesday.
17here, there, and everywherethere, and everywhere hereinformalEVERYWHERE in many different places 到处,各处;在许多不同的地方
I spent the weekend driving the kids here, there, and everywhere.
我周末开车带着孩子们四处跑。
18neither here nor thereUNIMPORTANTnot important 不重要的,无关紧要的
‘You never liked him much, did you?‘ ’What I think about him is neither here nor there. He’s your friend.’
“你从来都不太喜欢他,是不是?”“我对他的看法无关紧要。他是你的朋友。”
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neither here nor there• But that was neither here nor there.• Dinnerhalf an hour earlier or later was neither here nor there.• Start worrying when we're neither here nor there.• That he was not in the categoryordained by the Marketing Department for the evening was neither here nor there.• The cost would be borne by Grunte Accessories, but that was neither here nor there.• We are the holy ones, the voyagers, the people of the crossing, neither here nor there.• She and Carolan had no children, but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays.• Art was neither here nor there; money was the issue.
To be able to live fully in the here and now, one must first learn how to honour the past.
一个人如果要完完整整地活在当下,首先必须学会尊重过去。
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in the here and now• Above all, I live in the here and now.• He believedin the here and now.• In any case, as socialworkers we have to struggle along in the here and now.• The great advance in Mozart's time was operas set in the here and now.• They play a vitalrole in glossing over discontinuitiesin the here and now.• You worryin the here and now about things in the future which may never happen.• You feel guiltyin the here and now about things that happened in the past which you can not correct.• Principally they were in the here and now and it was late and their relationship was edgy to say the least.
20somebody/something is here to do somethingused to say what someone or something’s duty or purpose is 某人/某事物的职责[用途]就是做某事
We’re here to serve you.
我们的职责就是为你服务。
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somebody/something is here to do something• We're here to serve you.• What Personal Computer is here to help you.• Miss Quinn is here to look after him.• Those are the people, says Roth, he is here to serve.• Goebbels is here to show the pretty Magda the sights of Paris.• Managedcareis here tostay, experts at the conferenceagreedWednesday.• In other words, the swimsuit issue is here to stay.• The Classicsis here to stay.• Greg Lloyd is here to talk about defense, and the role of barely controlled violence in defense.
21here he/she etc is (doing something)used to describe the present situation, especially one you did not expect to happen 他/她等竟然(做某事)
Here I am in Fiji!
我现在竟然到斐济了!
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here he/she etc is (doing something)• And here she is, all freshly powdered.• Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you.• Her own said that she should never teach, and here she is doing it.• Sam Sheppard knew Richard Eberling and here he is fighting with this intruder through the house and he never recognized him.• But here he is, in full measuredflood.• I mean, here he is, installed at the Priory.• Yet here he is, pleading for the life of the stubbornnation that caused him nothing but trouble!• And now here she is, staying at my house.
nGRAMMAR: Patterns with here
You use here on its own, when you are talking about a place or organization:
The people here are poor.
Do you work here?
✗Don’t say: The people in here are poor. | Do you work in here?
You use in here when talking about the inside of a building, room, cupboard etc:
It’s crowded in here.
There aren’t enough chairs in here.
You say come here:
Before I came here, I didn’t speak any English.
✗Don’t say: come to here
USAGE: Here is, there is
nUse here is when giving or showing something to someone:
nHere is the book you wanted.
Use there is or there are to say what is in a place: 表示一处有什么不要用here is/are ... ,而要用there is/are ... here
There are many species of birds here.
这里有许多种鸟类。
✗Don’t say: Here are many species of birds.
Examples from the Corpus
here• The keys were right here 15 minutes ago. Where did they go?• Let's eathere.• But then Gillian came along, and everything starts here.• Or do you think he would like to come here?• Such decisions should not be made here.• Did you grow up around here?• This is not what we are talking about here.• How far is Denver from here?• I know a good Japaneserestaurant not far from here.• I think Jeff lives somewhere nearhere.• If we win this game, it should be prettyeasy from here.• They got here about 15 minutes before you did.• They were right here, all around him, every day.• You don't live here and now.• I'll stayhere and wait for the others.• Ken was supposed to be here at ten.• We've lived here for over a year now.• "Where are you?" "I'm down here in the basement."• The realquestionhere is whether he is qualified for the job.• I love it here - it's so quiet and peaceful near the ocean.• I don't want to be anywhere near here when the sun comes up.• Now that she thought about it, he was just about the only person here whom she felt like trusting with Anna.
here and now• Show me your evidence right here and now.• I invite him to be more forthcominghere and now.• The more desperately he seeks, the more he distances himself from any fulfillment here and now.• Their history, their grappling with the meaning of freedom, was here and now.• There is a case, however, for tackling the subject, at least initially, here and now.• They were living their memories, I thought, here and now.• What had mattered was the here and now.• What is important is the here and now.• You don't live here and now.