重新開始：again用法小結
I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
——The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
我希望你能有一個值得自豪的一生，如果和你想象的生活不一樣，我希望你能有勇氣，重新啓程。
——《本傑明·巴頓奇事》
一、你知道again有幾種含義嗎？
adv.
1.又一次，再一次 one more time; on another occasion
I know mum's always taking you under her wing, but I wouldn't give in again this time.
我知道媽媽總是庇護你，可這次我再也不讓步了。
2.同樣 showing that sb / sth is in the same place
Again the pregnancy was very similar to my previous two.
同樣，這次懷孕和我前兩次的情形非常相似。
3.還原，復原 state that sb / sth is in originally
He was himself again.
他已恢復原狀。
4.不過，然而 then / there ~ used to introduce a fact or an opinion that contrasts with what you have just said
They may, but there again they may not.
他們可能會，但也可能不會。
5.請再說一遍 used when you ask sb to tell you sth or repeat sth that you think they have told you already
Sorry, what's your name again?
對不起，再問一次，你叫什麼名字？
二、含有again的常見短語
again and again
再三,一再,反覆,三番五次
now and again
有時；偶爾；時常
once again
adv.再一次
over and over again
反覆地,再三地,屢次,一再
time and again
反覆地,再三地,屢次,一再
三、最後，做個填詞遊戲吧
This must never happen _____.
這種事再也不能發生了。
