when可指时间点,可指时间段,从句中用延续性动词,也用非延续性动词;表示主句动作发生在从句较长动作过程中,when, as均可使用。从句中为be动词,用when;when说明从句的动作和主句的动作可以是同时发生,也可以是先后发生。由when引导的时间状语从句,主句用过去进行时,从句应用一般过去时。
1.be doing sth…when…
例:He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.
他正笑着的时候门突然开了,他妻子走了进来。
2.be about to do sth…when…
例:We were about to start when it began to rain.
我们刚要出发,天就开始下雨了。
3.had not done sth…when…/hardly…when…
例:He had not fallen asleep when the telephone rang.
他刚要入睡电话就响了。
4.had just done…when…
例:I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. 在劳累了一天之后我刚刚就寝,电话铃就响了。
1.mean to do和doing的区别 mean有哪些用法