there是什么意思

adv. 在那里；在那边；在那点上

int. 你瞧

n. 那个地方

中文词源

there 那里

来自古英语 thaer,那里，来自 Proto-Germanic*thaer,那里，来自 PIE*tar,那里，来自 PIE*to,指示代词，词源同 the,that,-r,所有格后缀。

there: there: [OE] There was formed in prehistoric Germanic from the demonstrative base *tha- (which also underlies English that and then) and the suffix -r used in making adverbs of place (it occurs also in English here and where). Its Germanic relatives include German da, Dutch daar, and Swedish and Danish der.
=> here, the, then, where
there (adv., conj.): Old English þær "in or at that place, so far as, provided that, in that respect," from Proto-Germanic *thær (cognates: Old Saxon thar, Old Frisian ther, Middle Low German dar, Middle Dutch daer, Dutch daar, Old High German dar, German da, Gothic þar, Old Norse þar), from PIE *tar- "there" (cognates: Sanskrit tar-hi "then"), from root *to- (see the) + adverbial suffix -r.

Interjectional use is recorded from 1530s, used variously to emphasize certainty, encouragement, or consolation. To have been there "had previous experience of some activity" is recorded from 1877.

1. There is ( but ) little hope.: 没有什么希望. ( 比较:There is alittlehope. 还有一点希望.)

2. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.: 不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。

3. There has been a busy start to polling in today's local elections.: 今天地方选举的投票一开始就人头攒动。

5. There has always been a difference between community radio and commercial radio.: 社区广播电台和商业广播电台一直是有区别的。