如何描述“时间”？When?

具体时间

at the end of + time/event 在时间段结束时发生

as soon as 由另一事件触发

by the end of + time/event 在时间段内发生并在时间段结束之前完成

*You start off padding collars, putting in pockets, but you’re expected to make a full jacket ready for fitting by the end of the first year.

时间段

过去时间

years ago 多年以前

at the time 在那时

*And at the time all the designers in Italy were opening diffusion lines.

现在时间

to this day 至今

*I don’t know to this day if he knew who I was.

将来时间

for the rest of my life 在我的余生

*I knew I couldn’t survive in a place like that for the rest of my life, cluttered in a small workshop, sitting on the bench, padding lapels.

短暂时间

for a split second

一段时间

for a while

for a few days

漫长时间

for years

for ages

for a long time

for so long

for an extended time