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

• They've never had anything spare — they've always used it all.
  他们从没有任何备用的东西——他们总是把什么都用得一干二净。
• I can't get these screws out; they've rusted in.
  我无法取出这些螺丝，它们都锈住了。
• They've been saying on the radio she was missing.
  广播一直在报道她失踪了。
• They've also slashed state subsidies to utilities and transportation.
  他们还大幅削减了对公共事业和交通运输的政府补贴。
• I don't know whether they've found anybody yet.
  我不知道他们有没有找到什么人。
• I despise such people; they've no character.
  我藐视这种人，他们没骨气。
• 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 got him doped to the eyeballs.
  他们给他服用了大量毒品。
• 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 had their revenge more or less.
  他们总算出口气了。