『그 때』 관련 표현 (2) - then 및 기타(time/moment/instant) 용법

• then: Adv.. 그 때, 그 무렵, 그 당시

【참고】 (※ 과거에도 미래에도 쓰임, 과거·미래의 특정한 때를 가리킴)

e.g.)

Life was harder then because neither of us had a job.

우리 둘 중 누구도 직장이 없었기 때문에 그때는 사는 게 더 힘들었다.

 

I was then living in the West End

그 당시 나는 (런던의) 웨스트엔드에 살고 있었다

 

Crime was not a major problem then.

그 당시 범죄는 큰 문제가 되지 않았다

 

Yesterday? What were you doing then?

어제? 그 때 넌 무얼하고 있었는데?

 

 

 

cf)

• at the time / at that time / at that instant / at that moment <과거>

-at a particular moment or period in the past when something happened, especially when the situation is very different now from Longman

: (현재와 달리) 당시에(는)

e.g.)

At the time, I thought I was doing the right thing.

 

 

• at the moment <현재>

-British English especially spoken, American English formal “now” from Longman

-right now : at the current time from Merriam-Webster

: 지금 당장은, 현재는

e.g.)

Julia’s on holiday in Spain at the moment.

At the moment, the situation in Haiti is very tense.

I can’t talk at the moment.

 

 

• in those days <과거>

 

 

• in those times <과거>

 

 

• then: N.. [주로 전치사의 목적어] 그 때, 그 당시

e.g.)

before then: 그 이전에

 

by then: 그때까지, 그때까지는

 

since then: 그때부터 쭉, 그때 이래로, 그 이후에,

=from then on

=from then onward(s)

 

till then: 그때까지(는)

=until then

=up to then

 

(every) now and then: 때때로, 가끔, 이따금, 간혹,

=(every) now and again

=ever and again

=from time to time

=occasionally

=sometimes

 

 

 

• then: Adj.. [명사 앞에만 씀] (그) 당시의

e.g.)

That decision was taken by the then president.

그 결정은 당시의 회장이 내린 것이었다.

 

the then President

당시의 대통령

 

 

 

cf)

• that time: N.. 그때

=that moment

 

 

 

• those days: N.. 그 시절

=those times

 

 

 

Ref) 그때가 좋았어

The time was good. (X)

Those were the good days. (O)

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