and then

1. She then went on to university where she got a BA and then an MA.
   她后来上了大学，先后获得了文科学士与硕士学位。
2. He was examined again and then prescribed a different herbal medicine.
   医生又对他诊察了一遍，然后开了另外一种草药。
3. He looked at the telephone, fighting down first the despair and then the anger.
   他看着电话，把绝望和愤怒一一压下。
4. The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it forked in two directions.
   这条路向下延伸到了一个山坳，然后在那里分了岔。
5. We walked to the furthermost point and then sat on the sand dunes.
   我们走到了最远处，然后坐在了沙丘上。
6. I'll start with some generalities and then examine a few specific examples
   我首先进行概述，然后会分析几个实例。
7. He had an affair, I found out and then all hell broke loose.
   他有了婚外恋，我发现了，一切顿时天翻地覆。
8. Their ideal society collapsed around them into the Terror and then into the Counterrevolution.
   他们所处的理想社会崩溃了，社会进入恐怖时期，接着是反革命时期。
9. He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another
   一个小时、两个小时过去了，他不耐烦了。
10. We would have a lazy lunch and then lie on the beach in the sun.
    我们会慵懒地吃顿午饭，然后躺在沙滩上晒太阳。
11. She checked her makeup one last time, and then walked out with a spring in her step.
    她最后检查了一下妆容，然后步履轻盈地走了出去。
12. Tony moaned in his sleep and then turned over on his side
    托尼在睡梦中发出呻吟声，然后翻了个身。
13. I can be very patient, and then I can burst if my nerves are worn out.
    我很有耐心，可如果我的承受力到了极限，我就撑不住了。
14. The intruder smashed a window to get in and then neutralized the alarm system.
    闯入者打碎了一扇窗户进来，然后破坏了警报系统。
15. I'm sure we watched the nightly news, and then we turned on the movie
    我肯定我们是先看了晚间新闻，然后才开始看的电影。
16. I marked the ground and then paced it out to be sure.
    我在地面上作了标记，然后为了确保起见步测了一下。
17. He began counting them and then, with growing perplexity, counted them a second time.
    他开始数，然后更加困惑，于是又数了一遍。
18. Now and then I referred a client to him.
    我不时地介绍客户给他。
19. You make friends with people and then make unreasonable demands so that they reject you.
    你和别人交朋友，然后向人家提出无理要求，结果被人家拒绝。
20. He sipped at the glass and then put it down
    他抿了一口杯中的酒，然后放了下来。
21. American firms handed over technologies to their partners and then sat back to enjoy the cash flow.
    美国公司把技术移交给了合作方，然后就坐等着收钱了。
22. We went snorkelling, and then returned for lunch.
    我们去潜泳了，然后回来吃午饭。
23. They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up.
    他们先看到了扬起的一团尘土，然后才看到了汽车。
24. There and then he made his decision
    他当时就做出了决定。
25. She glanced at the sleeping child and then hurried away.
    她瞟了一眼睡着的孩子，随即匆匆离开了。
26. The sick child moaned a little, and then fell asleep.
    那个生病的孩子呻吟了一会儿就睡着了。
27. The candle flickered and then went out.
    一开始蜡烛摇曳不定，然后就灭了。

adv

1. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
   1. then he left
   2. go left first, then right
   3. first came lightning, then thunder
   4. we watched the late movie and then went to bed
   5. and so home and to bed

   Synonym:    thensoand so