they've

英 [ðeɪv]

美 [ðeɪv]

abbr.  they have 他们曾经

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柯林斯词典

• (尤当have为助动词时，they have的常用口语形式)
  They'veis the usual spoken form of 'they have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
  1. The worst thing is when you call friends and they've gone out.
     最糟糕的事情是，你给朋友打电话，而他们却出去了。

双语例句

• Officials say they've only scratched the surface of the drug problem
  官员们说他们只是触及了毒品问题的表面。
• They've been married now for 30 years
  到现在他们已经结婚30年了。
• I want you to instruct them that they've got three months to get the details sorted out.
  我想让你告知他们，他们有3个月时间来解决细节问题。
• They've got three kids
  他们有3个孩子。
• They've begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money
  他们已经存钱并开始贮藏食物和汽油。
• The police tell me they've finished their investigations out there
  警方告诉我他们已完成了在那儿的调查工作。
• I don't know whether they've found anybody yet.
  我不知道他们有没有找到什么人。
• They've changed a lot of the old street names, and people can't find their way anymore.
  许多老的街道名都被改了，人们再也找不到原来的路了。
• It is a closed society in the sense that they've not been exposed to many things.
  他们接触的事不多，从这一方面来说这是个封闭的社团。
• They've been giving broad hints about what to expect.
  他们对将会出现什么情况已作了明白的暗示。