引导时间状语从句的连词或短语（引导时间状语从句的连词分类归纳）

引导时间状语从句的连词很多，为更于理解，可分为以下三类：

1. 普通连词

如after, as, before, since, till, until, when, while等。如：

I will tell you after they leave.他们走我再告诉你。

He dropped the glass as he stood up. 他站起来时，把杯子摔了。

I’d better have a think before I decide. 我最好还是先想想再作决定。

We have known each other since we were children. 我们从小就认识。

He waited until she was about to leave. 他等着一直到她准备离开。

Shut the door after you when you go out. 出去时请随手关门。

Stand still while I take your photograph. 我给你拍照时站着不要动。

2. 表示“一……就”的连词

表示“一……就”的时间连词除as soon as外，还有the moment, the minute, the second, the instant, immediately, directly, instantly, once, no sooner…than, hardly…when等。如：

He started as soon as he received the news. 他一接到消息就出发了。

The moment I saw him I knew there was no hope. 我一看到他就知道没希望了。

I want to see him the minute (that) he arrives. 他一来到我就要见他。

The instant he opened the door he saw the thief. 他一开门就看见了这个贼。

Immediately he came I told him the news. 他一来我就把消息告诉了他。

Once he arrives, we can start. 他一来我们就可以开始。

We had no sooner set out than it began to rain. 我们刚出发就下雨了。

She had hardly arrived when it began to snow. 她刚到就下起雪来了。

3. 含有time的连词

这类连词主要有every time(每次)，each time(每次)，(the) next time(下次)，any time(随时)，(the) last time(上次)，the first time(第一次), by the time(当……的时候)。如：

You can call me any time you want to. 你随时都可以给我打电话。

Each time I went there, I saw him working. 我每次去那儿都看见他在工作。

Every time I see her I'll think of it. 每次我看到她，我就想起这事。

Next time you come in, please close the door. 下次你进来，请关门。

He didn't tell me the last time I saw him. 我上次见到他时他没告诉我。

I got on famously with Leary from the first time we met.

我和利里第一次见面就相处甚欢。

The first time I heard about the firm closing down was when George told me. 我最初听到公司倒闭的消息是乔治告诉我的。

By the time he was taken to the hospital he was nearly dead. 他被送到医院时已经几乎不行了。

注意：every time, each time, any time前不用冠词，(the) next time, (the) last time中的冠词可以省略，而the first time中的冠词通常不能省略。