【ago音标】 英[əˈgəʊ] 美[əˈgoʊ]
【单词释义】 ago是什么意思：
adv.以前；过去的；之前
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【常用短语】
a moment ago 刚才
long long ago 很久之前
【近义词解析】
◇ 以前
ago (adv. 以前)：指从现在起往前推算一段时间，通常和一般过去时的动词连用。
before (adv. 先前，以前)：指过去某时间之前的时间或泛指以前，通常与动词的现在完成时连用，有时也可与动词的过去完成时或一般过去时连用，也可用于具体的一段时间；在间接引语中用 before 而不用 ago。
formerly ([六级]adv. 以前，从前)：泛指以前，有时常用于对比。He was formerly a worker, but now he is a manager of a shop.
previously ([六级]adv. 以前，先前)：与 before 用法相同，但更加正式。
【单词例句】
◇ Many years ago, there lived a king. He had many beautiful daughters. And the youngest one was very lovely, and even the sun was surprised to see her when he shone on her face.
很久很久以前，有一位国王，他有很多美丽的女儿。而小女儿更是楚楚动人，连太阳照在她脸上时都会觉得惊讶。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ A year ago, the famous astronaut received an invitation by airmail from a remote village.
一年前，那位著名的宇航员收到一份由一个偏远村庄通过航空邮件寄来的邀请。
---- Helping the Remote Village
◇ Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress.
许多年以前有一位皇帝，他非常喜欢穿好看的新衣服。他为了要穿得漂亮，把所有的钱都花到衣服上去了。
◇ Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping.
很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。
◇ "You should have come to see me four or five years ago," the specialist reportedly told Jasmine. "You need surgery yesterday."
据报道，这位专家告诉她：“你四五年前就该来找我看病，你早该做手术了。”
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ Astronomers have witnessed the biggest bang since the Big Bang — the moment about 15 billion years ago when the universe was created in a massive explosion.The huge burst of energy from the edge of the universe is estimated to be second only to the moment of creation in its explosive force,releasing more energy in two seconds than the sun will give out in its lifetime.
天文学家目击了最大的宇宙大爆炸——这次大爆炸是发生在150亿年前宇宙在一次大爆炸形成的时候。从宇宙边缘所爆发的能量在爆炸力方面估计仅次于宇宙创世大爆炸，两秒钟爆炸所释放的能量比太阳一生释放的能量还要多。
---- The Big Bang
◇ Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife. He is looking for another wife.
前不久有一位男友造访，他刚离异，一个孩子自然跟了前妻。目前他正在寻找新妻。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day.
很久以前有一棵高大的苹果树。有一个小男孩每天都喜欢来到树旁玩耍。
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
十年前我还是一名在校大学生，那时我在学校的自然历史博物馆实习。一天，在礼品店的收银机那儿工作时，我看到一对老年夫妇推着一个坐轮椅的小女孩走了进来。
---- World of Smiles
◇ Long ago, there were four blind people. They wanted to know what elephants looked like. Because of the blindness, they could only touch the elephant.
从前，有四个盲人很想知道大象是什么样子，可他们看不见，只好用手摸。
---- Touching an Elephant