there /ðɛə/ I. adv.1.那里,那边 ([反]here): Father took me there.父亲带我去过那儿。2.在那点上:You are wrong there. 在那点上你错了。There I disagree with you. 在那点上我不同意你。 3.有,存在(通常用来引起句子,其动词一般放在主语前):There is a pine tree in the garden. 园子里有棵松树。There being nothing else to do, we went home.没有别的事情要做我们就回家了。There appeared to be no one who could answer our requires.似乎没有人能回答我们的询问。Where there is life, there is hope.[谚] 有生命就有希望。 (留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。)[考句]No one had told Smith about there being a lecture the following day. 无人告诉史密斯第二天有讲座。[考句]There has been a great increase in retail sales hasn’t there? 零售额有了很大的增加,是吗? 4. 用于习语 here and there 四处,到处:Some birds are flying here and there. 一些鸟四处飞翔。over there 在那里,那边:Who is the man standing over there? 站在那边的那个人是谁? there and then立即(见then条)‖II. interj. 1.瞧,听:There goes the bell.铃响了。There they come!他们来了! 2.好啦(常用于表示抚慰、沮丧、喜悦等): There, there, don’t cry.好啦,好啦,别哭了。There, there, never mind, You’ll soon feel better.好啦,好啦,不要紧,你很快就会好的。
thereafter /ðɛəˈɑ:ftə/ adv. 之后,以后(较文气的说法= after that): On opening day all tickets are a dollar; thereafter they’ll be two dollars. 剪彩那天所有的票都是1美元1张,以后就统统是2美元了。
thereby /ˈðɛəbai/ adv. 因此,从而,由此:He wished to travel and thereby study the customs of other countries. 他希望旅行,由此可以学到其他国家的风俗。He became a citizen, thereby gaining the rights to vote. 他成了公民,因此有了选举权。
therefore /ˈðɛəfɔ:/ adv. 因此,于是:He was very tired, (and) therefore he fell sound asleep. 他累得很,因此睡得很死。He was injured and therefore unable to play.他受伤了,故而无法参加比赛。They therefore can do nothing good of themselves.所以他们靠自己是什么好事也做不成的。