ago: [14] Historically, ago is the past participle of a verb. Its earlier, Middle English, form – agone – reveals its origins more clearly. It comes from the Old English verb āgān ‘pass away’, which was formed from gān ‘go’ and the prefix ā- ‘a(chǎn)way, out’. At first it was used before expressions of time (‘For it was ago five year that he was last there’, Guy of Warwick 1314), but this was soon superseded by the now current postnominal use. => go
ago (adj.)
early 14c., shortened form of Old English agan, agone "departed, passed away," past participle of an obsolete verb ago "to go forth," formed from a- "away" (perhaps here used as an intensive prefix) + gan "go" (see go (v.)). Agone remains a dialectal variant.
雙語例句
1. Mechanization happened years ago on the farms of Islay.
數(shù)年前，艾萊的農(nóng)場就實現(xiàn)了機械化。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
定量供應很久以前就結(jié)束了餅干過剩的狀況。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.
就在幾天前，我完成了一項委托創(chuàng)作任務。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I qualified as a doctor from London University over 30 years ago.
30多年前，我從倫敦大學畢業(yè)，取得了行醫(yī)資格。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation.