along
along 英 [əˈlɒŋ] 美 [əˈlɔŋ]
adv. 一起； prep. 沿着；顺着
- Along means "moving constantly in line with." When you walk along the road, you're going forward, keeping the road at your side.
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- adv. 一起；
- prep. 沿着；顺着
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1. They walked slowly along the road.
他们沿公路慢慢走。
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2. Houses had been built along both sides of the river.
沿河两岸已盖起了房屋。
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3. You'll find his office just along the corridor.
沿着走廊你就可以找到他的办公室。
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4. We're going for a swim. Why don't you come along?
我们要去游泳。你干吗不一起去？
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5. I'll be along in a few minutes.
过一会儿我就来。
- along (adv., prep.) Old English andlang "entire, continuous; extended" (adj.); "alongside of" (prep.), from and- "opposite, against" (from Proto-Germanic *andi-, *anda-, from PIE *anti "against," locative singular of root *ant- "front, forehead") + lang "long" (see long (adj.)). Reinforced by Old Norse cognate endlang. Prepositional sense extended in Old English to "through the whole length of." Of position, "lengthwise," c. 1200; of movement, "onward," c. 1300. Meaning "in company, together" is from 1580s. All along "throughout" is from 1690s.
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